In Brig.-Gen. Khaled Saber Abdelhamed Zahw’s case, visitor visas were issued after a senior official from the Department of National Defence in Ottawa wrote a letter to Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada.Sounds like that "swamp" we've been hearing about.
The letter said Zahw and his wife should be given visas to avoid upsetting Canada’s relationship with Egypt’s military.
"Nice country you've got there..."
..."be a shame if anything happened to it..."