Public Safety Minister Vic Toews: Federal Government

Omar Khadr Dept: In a letter to U.S. Defence Secretary Leon Panetta dated July 19, Public Safety Minister Vic Toews said he wants access to videos of interviews that two psychiatrists conducted with Khadr, who is serving his eight-year sentence at the U.S. military prison in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, according to CBC. Khadr's Canadian lawyers have said the federal government's delay in applying for the transfer is "unconscionable" Convicted war criminal Omar Khadr, seen in an undated file photo. CP file photo and they've taken the first step to ask the federal court to intervene and public Safety Minister Vic Toews is seeking videotapes and and the uncensored reports of two psychiatrists who interviewed Omar Khadr. CP file photo The federal government is shedding some light on why it hasn't asked the United States to transfer convicted war criminal Omar Khadr back to Canada. Toews also wrote that he wants uncensored versions of the psychiatrists' reports. Toews contends the information is necessary for the Canadian justice system to "effectively secure" Khadr and "appropriately administer his sentence in Canada." Delay 'unconscionable' (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.