June 30, 2010
List Blocks People From Flying Without Explanation Or Due Process
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NEW YORK – The American Civil Liberties Union today filed a first-of-its-kind lawsuit on behalf of 10 …

By Tom Godfrey
TORONTO – Hard-core protesters who plan to wreak havoc at the G20 summit will sneak into Canada from the U.S. through remote border crossings, police say.
The protesters likely won’t be boarding …

On Thursday, April 29, 2010 the parliamentary committee on Public Safety and National Security held a public hearing on the issue of No-Fly lists.
ICLMG was invited to testify on a panel with BCCLA and the …

By Mickey McCarter
TSA to fully assume vetting of air passengers this year
The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) generally has fulfilled congressional requirements for bringing the Secure Flight program in for a landing on budget …

Timothy J. Healy
Director, Terrorist Screening Center
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Statement Before the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
March 10, 2010
Good morning Chairman Lieberman, Ranking Member Collins, and members of the …

By Joanna Smith
OTTAWA–A civil liberties coalition report puts a human face on the hassles and horrors of travelling, with multiple anecdotes suggesting religious and racial profiling is a reality when crossing the border.
“There …

From The Canadian Press
Transport Canada should carry out a sweeping review of its no-fly list, say independent consultants hired by the department who found a Montreal-area student should never have been barred from an Air …

By Tonda MacCharles
OTTAWA – It took months, but Montreal author Jaspreet Singh finally cleared his name and was cleared to fly.
Based in Calgary last year, Singh was suddenly hit with lengthy interrogations when he tried …

Even if their request makes it that far, the report found travelers “rarely benefit from TSA’s efforts to add them to the cleared list, as air carriers seldom use the list.” Furthermore, even when carriers …

By Penni Stewart
Spring brings the conference season, a time of travel to far-flung destinations and for international colleagues to visit Canada. Before setting off, however, be aware that global security initiatives are making travel more …

By Chris Simkins
The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation, or FBI, says the government’s terrorist watch list of known or suspected terrorists has grown to one million entries. The list – used by intelligence and law …

From Wednesday’s Globe and Mail
April 29, 2009 at 2:00 AM EDT
His name is Abousfian Abdelrazik, but it could as easily be Joseph Smith, a Canadian Everyman. He is a citizen denied the right to return …

Whatever it is about Abousfian Abdelrazik that Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s government seems to want to sweep under the table, it is past time that Parliament took a hard, close look at the case.
Abdelrazik is …

By Kris Kotarski, For The Calgary Herald
The government of Canada is afraid that when he returns home, Abousfian Abdelrazik will talk.
That is the only possible reason why a Canadian citizen who has been publicly cleared …