I'm glad you said the hunt is on for the leakers, because I've been wondering about that. If their (if there's more than one) identity becomes public, chances are that a lot of the mystique around motivation would collapse. But on this alone, CSIS, or whatever service is in charge of looking for them, is not looking competent. It's been going on for months. How hard could it be? There's clues in the opinion piece alone.
In fact, CSIS isn't looking at all good, in general (I don't know if anyone has actually said it's someone from CSIS, but on political panel shows tonight they weren't bothering to make a distinction.) Do you think this could be a shake-up for CSIS internally, along the lines of MI-6 after Kim Philby, or the CIA after their spies?
It's very disturbing to me how little historical context is given in the broad coverage (although you did write that wonderful piece about the Maher Arar debacle, and Chantal Hebert mentioned the episode as well.) I remember the period after 9-11 very well, especially when Maher Arar was arrested and his wife was struggling to get heard, and the reporting about him was so murky. From the first, her task was so daunting. Those days still haunt governments, I hope.
I'm glad you said the hunt is on for the leakers, because I've been wondering about that. If their (if there's more than one) identity becomes public, chances are that a lot of the mystique around motivation would collapse. But on this alone, CSIS, or whatever service is in charge of looking for them, is not looking competent. It's been going on for months. How hard could it be? There's clues in the opinion piece alone.
In fact, CSIS isn't looking at all good, in general (I don't know if anyone has actually said it's someone from CSIS, but on political panel shows tonight they weren't bothering to make a distinction.) Do you think this could be a shake-up for CSIS internally, along the lines of MI-6 after Kim Philby, or the CIA after their spies?
It's very disturbing to me how little historical context is given in the broad coverage (although you did write that wonderful piece about the Maher Arar debacle, and Chantal Hebert mentioned the episode as well.) I remember the period after 9-11 very well, especially when Maher Arar was arrested and his wife was struggling to get heard, and the reporting about him was so murky. From the first, her task was so daunting. Those days still haunt governments, I hope.