Power & Politics: The War Room podcast (August 5, 2011)
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For years, Abousfian Abdelrazik and Adil Charkaoui have been trying to clear their names from suggestions of terrorist ties. But today, Montreal's French-language newspaper La Presse reports they've obtained a CSIS document, which says the two men discussed a plan to blow up an airplane traveling between Montreal and France. What are the repercussions of this leaked confidential document?
Former Conservative Cabinet Minister Stockwell Day, Marcella Munro of Earnscliffe Strategy and former Liberal MP Karen Redman are in The War Room.
For years, Abousfian Abdelrazik and Adil Charkaoui have been trying to clear their names from suggestions of terrorist ties. But today, Montreal's French-language newspaper La Presse reports they've obtained a CSIS document, which says the two men discussed a plan to blow up an airplane traveling between Montreal and France. What are the repercussions of this leaked confidential document?
Former Conservative Cabinet Minister Stockwell Day, Marcella Munro of Earnscliffe Strategy and former Liberal MP Karen Redman are in The War Room.
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