From the Canadian Press:

Liberal foreign affairs critic Ujjal Dosanjh said he wonders whether the Conservative government ever sought advice or asked the human rights group any questions about the wisdom of transferring detainees to the Afghan intelligence service.

Mr. Dosanjh has good reason to wonder. When the Liberals were in power, they asked all the time (h/t).

The old liberal government had been prevented by Canadian diplomats in station in Kabul, in 2003, 2004 and 2005, that torture was a current practice in the Afghan prisons.

In spite of these warnings, the Martin government decided to sign an agreement with the Karzai government, in December 2005, in order to deliver to the Afghan authorities all the prisoners captured by the Canadian soldiers, reveal documents of the Ministries for Foreign Affairs obtained by the Press.

The Liberals are using unfounded rumors to score political points from a mess their own government left behind.

Labels: Afghanistan, Liberal Party, politics