Flea on tail... attempts to Wag the Dog

With a little bit of help from the Toronto Star.

-- MONTREAL -- Suspected terrorist Adil Charkaoui is calling on Ottawa to force CSIS to be more transparent with its evidence after the Supreme Court ruled today that the spy service breached his rights.

Charkaoui hailed the decision as a victory that should prompt changes to the way CSIS deals with terrorist threats.

Hey, Adil... I never knew you had mad policy skillz.

I'm thinking I smell NDP candidacy.

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RELATED: Speaking of Wag the Dog

POLICE sniffer dogs trained to spot terrorists at railway stations may no longer come into contact with Muslim passengers – after complaints that it is against the suspects’ religion.

A report for the Transport Department has raised the prospect that the animals should only touch passengers’ luggage because it is considered “more acceptable”.

British Transport Police last night insisted it would still use sniffer dogs – which are trained to detect explosives – with any passengers regardless of faith, but handlers would remain aware of “cultural sensitivities”.

The good news here is that this leaves much more time to sniff out those diabolical 70 year-old nuns.

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LAST WORD:

Dear Britain,

The more you apologize for stupid shit like this, the more you will be apologizing in the future for ever more innocuous “offenses.”

You will never be done with it, you will never be able to satisfy these people until you utterly BEND TO THEIR WILL, and you will apologize yourselves right into cultural oblivion...

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