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Reason behind Arar ban? It's secret REUTERS U.S. says sharing that information is `an idealization which isn't achievable' December 21, 2006 Tim Harper WASHINGTON BUREAU WASHINGTON–The Bush administration has delivered a blunt message to anyone in Stephen Harper's government wondering why Canadian Maher Arar remains barred from travelling to the United States or through its airspace: We're not telling you. (Toronto Star)

For those that have forgotten, Arar is the Canadian who was erroneously turned over to the FBI who then deported him to Syria where he claims he was tortured. Now he is not permitted to enter or even pass over the United States because...well, we may never know.

What is more interesting is that he has been cleared of any wrong doing by the RCMP (that's the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, the national police force of Canada). But that is not good enough for the United States and the Department of Homeland (in)Security. In fact, the US has said that he would again be deported to a third country if he even darkens the border, and without first informing Ottawa of the fact. This smacks of secret police policy gone very bad. The sad thing is this will never even make the back page of any US news paper.