CSIS wants probe into its role in Abdelrazik’s detention
Globe and Mail Update
Canada’s anti-terrorist agency has asked for an independent probe into its role in the imprisonment in Sudan of a Canadian citizen.
CSIS denies it broke the law or arranged for the arrest.
Jim Judd, director of the Canadian Security Intelligence Service, in a letter hand-delivered today asked for the independent inquiry in an effort to clear CSIS.
“Recent media reporting has gone so far as to allege that Abousofian Abdelrazik was arrested by Sudanese authorities at the request of CSIS,” Mr. Judd wrote in his letter to Gary Filmon, chairman of the Security Intelligence Review Committee, which has an oversight mandate for CSIS.Mr. Abdelrazik – who’s first name is variously spelled Abousfian or Abousofian – was twice imprisoned in Sudan and claims he was beaten and tortured as well as being interrogated by CSIS agents while in Sudanese custody.
Foreign Affairs documents, marked secret, and obtained by The Globe and Mail, that suggest the original arrest was arranged by CSIS. “Abousfian Abdelrazik was arrested on September 10, 2003 [words blacked out] recommendation by CSIS, for suspected involvement with terrorist elements,” the document says.
Later in the Dec. 16, 2006 document, an extensive summary of the Abdelrazik case up to that date, it is confirmed that Sudan’s secret police believe Mr. Abdelrazik is innocent.
Sudan’s security agencies are fed up with CSIS for washing its hands of the case “despite the fact that initial recommendations for his detention emerged from CSIS.”
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