Security Certificate Dept: "I find that Harkat has engaged in terrorism, that he is a danger to the security of Canada and that he is a member of the Osama Bin Laden Network," Federal Court Justice Simon Noel wrote in a decision released Thursday, according to CTV. The defence had argued that Canada's spy agency CSIS kept information that may have exonerated Harkat under wraps. But Noel said there was no evidence of abuse of process and in a decision that could set the stage for Ottawa resident Mohamed Harkat's eventual deportation to his native Algeria, a federal judge has ruled there are reasonable grounds to believe he remains a security threat. And, in a separate ruling, Justice Noel upheld the constitutionality of the federal security certificate system being used to remove Harkat from Canada. As
reported in the news.
@t mohamed harkat, ottawa resident
9.12.10