If you haven't heard about Maher Arar's extraordinary rendition--the policy by which the U.S. sends non-citizen terrorism suspects to nasty countries where they can be tortured without the scruples of the U.S. Constitution--go here.
David Wilkins, in his folksy Carolianian way, tells his dear Canadian friends to be a bit more understanding if the U.S. might occasionally see fit to send a Canadian national passing through JFK to a State Department certified hellhole to have his spine elongated, rectum penetrated, and fingernails torn out:The new U.S. ambassador to Canada is making no apologies for Maher Arar's deportation to Syria, arguing that it's better to be safe than sorry in the fight against international terrorism.
