Summary of allegations

Matt Robson notes that the “Summary of Allegations,” prepared by the Security Intelligence Service at the direction of the High Court and released by Ahmed Zaoui’s lawyers after Official Information Act requests, contains nothing of substance that has not already been dealt with decisively by the Refugee Status Appeals Authority.

Ahmed Zaoui should now be released from prison and the security certificate withdrawn.

Matt Robson is returning from Paris where among other activities he has had talks with political figures, journalists, and members of the FIS. All conclude that any information from French intelligence sources would be tainted and unreliable because of their intimate links with Algeria.

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Gordon Campbell: On the Sony cyber attack

Given the layers of meta-irony involved, the saga of the Sony cyber attack seemed at the outset more like a snarky European art film than a popcorn entry at the multiplex.

Yet now with (a) President Barack Obama weighing in on the side of artistic freedom and calling for the US to make a ‘proportionate response’quickly followed by (b) North Korea’s entire Internet service going down, and with both these events being followed by (c) Sony deciding to backtrack and release The Interview film that had made it a target for the dastardly North Koreans in the first place, then ay caramba…the whole world will now be watching how this affair pans out. More>>