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Harkat: Sophie Harkat

Sophie Harkat: Canada Border Services Agency took the tracking device off late Wednesday as part of a court-ordered relaxation of Mohamed Harkats release conditions, Sophie Harkat said Thursday, according to The Star. Harkat, 44, has essentially been living under house arrest with stringent conditions including the tracking bracelet for seven years and OTTAWA The wife of an Ottawa man accused of terrorist ties says border agents have removed an electronic tracking bracelet from his ankle. It has been more than a decade since Harkat, a refugee from Algeria, was arrested under a national security certificate on suspicion of being an Al Qaeda sleeper agent an accusation he denies. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.