On the subject of Maher Arar, I encourage everyone to reaad this article from CBC News. It is truly chilling how this man was treated by U.S. Authorities. It's important to note that he has never been charged with any crime in any country.
As far as I know, our Attorney General has addressed the matter only through a spokesman:
"Mr. Ashcroft assured us that from his perspective the decisions were made... within the context of the laws within the United States and feels that there were no laws broken."
I suppose he's right. There probably is no specific statute requring simple human decency in the conduct of an investigation. I mean being under investigation is just like being guilty isn't it?
It saddens me how readily some americans will abandon traditions like due process and "innocent until proven guility."
The Syndey Morning Herald is running
this article
about Perth-based open source consulting company CyberKnights.
Just another civil suit against SCO?
Maybe not. The director of CyberKnights uses the phrase fraudulent
claims. Fraud can be charged as a crime as opposed to a purely
civil matter like a copyright or patent infringement. See what
LAW.COM has to say about the
subject.
Of course this is pure speculation by a
non-lawyer (me) but perhaps with the help of the ACCC
(mentioned in the article), CyberKnights can bring the criminal
charges which many of us think are appropriate.
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On the subject of Maher Arar, I encourage everyone to reaad this article from CBC News. It is truly chilling how this man was treated by U.S. Authorities. It's important to note that he has never been charged with any crime in any country. As far as I know, our Attorney General has addressed the matter only through a spokesman: "Mr. Ashcroft assured us that from his perspective the decisions were made ... within the context of the laws within the United States and feels that there were no laws broken."
I suppose he's right. There probably is no specific statute requring simple human decency in the conduct of an investigation. I mean being under investigation is just like being guilty isn't it?
It saddens me how readily some americans will abandon traditions like due process and "innocent until proven guility."
Lawyers might get a chance.
The Syndey Morning Herald is running this article about Perth-based open source consulting company CyberKnights.
Just another civil suit against SCO? Maybe not. The director of CyberKnights uses the phrase fraudulent claims. Fraud can be charged as a crime as opposed to a purely civil matter like a copyright or patent infringement. See what LAW.COM has to say about the subject.
Of course this is pure speculation by a non-lawyer (me) but perhaps with the help of the ACCC (mentioned in the article), CyberKnights can bring the criminal charges which many of us think are appropriate.