and i do think what sen leahy is doing is right BUT those that are responsible for travesties and torturing people (especially those who in the end are innocent) will NEVER 'get it'. they do not understand what they are doing is WRONG. they will never 'get it'. they are heartless and soul-less.
U.S. 'knew damn well' Arar would be tortured: senator
After sitting through withering criticism in a Senate hearing, U.S. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales has promised more information on the case of Maher Arar, a Canadian who ended up in a cell in Syria after U.S. officials grabbed him on a stopover in New York.
Gonzales was grilled relentlessly on Thursday by Senate judiciary committee chairman Patrick Leahy. Leahy said that when Arar — a citizen of both Canada and Syria travelling on a Canadian passport — was detained in 2002, American authorities knew he would be tortured if they deported him to Syria.
"We knew damn well if he went to Canada he wouldn't be tortured," said Leahy, a Democrat from Vermont. "He'd be held and he'd be investigated............
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