A Montreal man accused of being an al-Qaeda sleeper agent said on
Thursday his lawyers proved to Canada's top court that the
investigation against him was biased.
Moroccan-born Adil
Charkaoui is
battling a deportation order under a federal security certificate.
He
was jailed for 21 months under the terms of the certificate, but
released on strict bail conditions in February 2005.
In
2005, during a bail review hearing, CSIS investigators testified they
destroyed records of their interviews with him, but kept summaries, as
policy dictates at the security agency.
It was part of the
evidence that served as the basis for alleging Charkaoui was an
al-Qaeda member. Charkaoui has repeatedly denied any terrorist
activity, and his lawyers have argued the destroyed interviews could
have helped exonerate him.
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