Holy smokes:

Arar documents link former defence minister to attempt to delay inquiry Documents released by the Arar Commission suggest former foreign affairs minister Bill Graham asked for Washington's help in staving off a public inquiry into the case. The documents are part of more than 2,000 pages of government e-mail, memos and handwritten notes released Thursday by the public inquiry into Maher Arar's case. They were written just weeks after Arar, a Canadian citizen, went public with his story of deportation and detention in a Syrian prison. He says he was tortured during his detention.

Is this just a reflex of some kind with these people? Mind you,

The government did call an inquiry shortly after, but only after a politically embarrassing raid by the RCMP on the home and office of a journalist who had been investigating Arar's case. The inquiry resumes public hearings on May 9.

Possibly they'll have a few more questions to ask. MORE: Norman Spector has more links on yet another story I have to catch up on. (Act now, as the page will no doubt have been updated by the morning.)