Maher Arar was and is an innocent man. The FBI would not believe him. And so he was "rendered" to Syria, held in a prison cell the size of a closet, and tortured for months on end. He admitted to committing crimes he had never committed, visiting places he had never seen - all lies extracted under the influence of torture and the fear of death. But it was a case of mistaken identity.
In our names, an innocent man was "disappeared." In our names, an innocent man was tortured.
It could have been you. Or me. Or your parent. Or your child.
Listen and watch to what was done in your name:
(Tip o' the cap to Andrew Sullivan)
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