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Committee Liveblog: Former Liberal staffer and @Vikileaks30 creator Adam Carroll at Ethics

As previewed in OotD, former Liberal staffer Adam Carroll will finally get the chance to share his side of the @Vikileaks30 saga when he makes his long-anticipated appearance before Ethics later this morning. Carroll is expected to explain how and why he set up the anonymous twitter account that posted salacious excerpts from the publicly available divorce file of Public Safety Minister Vic Toews, ostensibly to protest Toews' now infamous comments that Canadians could either stand with his government in support of his online surveillance bill, or with "the child pornographers". 

His interrogators on the government side of the table, meanwhile, will likely make every effort to challenge his claim to have acted alone, and attempt to implicate other Liberals -- particularly those in the office of interim party leader Bob Rae -- in what they will almost certainly characterize as a conspiracy to embarrass the minister. 

The most likely outcome: No major revelations, but the beginning of what will ultimately become a quiet detente between the government and the opposition over the appropriateness of hauling political staffers before committee in future.    

The meeting kicks off at 11am, so check back for full liveblogging coverage. In the meantime, feel free to peruse the @Vikileaks30 post archive to catch up on the story so far. . 

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