It appears that the main reason that the US is standing by it’s decision to keep Mahar Arar on their terrorist watch lists is some of his travel patterns (he traveled a lot related to his work) and people he knows. Both ‘markers’ of guilt are quite legal in post 9/11 United States. It is not legal in Canada to consider someone guilty based on associates, close and casual, although I have no doubt that decisions to investigate someone are based on association.

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