MONTREAL – The federal government admitted Thursday if they had to do it all over again, they would not have detained Montrealer Adil Charkaoui for suspected terrorist ties due to lack of sufficient evidence.
According to a report filed by La Presse, the federal ministries of immigration and public safety wrote in a court document dated July 31, 2009, they pulled evidence from the file that led to Charkaoui’s arrest.
The federal government said although it suspected Charkaoui, a landed immigrant from Morocco, it could not disclose information to his defence because it posed a threat to national security.
The charges might, therefore, be dropped.
Since his arrest, Charkaoui has faced deportation under a federal government security certificate.