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Amin Mohamed Durrani, had enrolled for flying lessons at a Toronto-area college but did not attend any of the classes.

Are they setting false trails? Sign up at venues under scrutiny, but never show up because they are planning something different?

Neither do I buy that they abandoned something because they had no knowledge of the location. It takes a very short time to learn a city's layout, in my experience. Especially with all the Internet maps available. If they were planning something on the capitol buildings, then they were dealing with a small segment of the city. How long would it take to set up and become familiar with escape routes from a city center?

IMO, this is all spin designed to get them off lightly and to undermine the victory for the intel security forces. I read similar attempts going on in the UK, along with the usual threats in both places that the Muslims will react badly to any of their people being arrested, charged or tried. After all, responding to any sort of attempt to harm anyone not Muslim is oppressive agression, isn't it? Will jury intimidation be next? Or will these be some sort of judicial trial?

What is the legal format in the UK and Canada? Jury trial or panel of judges?

Agree with all you've said.

As for "Jury trial or panel of judges?", it's my understanding that, with serious criminal charges, any accused has the option to elect trial by jury or by a single Judge.
In Canada, only Appellate level & Higher Courts are presided over by multiple Judges.

The more pressing question is whether the 5 so-called 'young offenders' will be - as most certainly is permitted under Canadian law for major and/or violent crimes - Tried as adults along with their co-conspirators.
Watch for every bleeding heart & Islamofascist apologist in the country (not unlike Stateside) to be howling for such 'troubled youths' to be treated with the utmost compassion - sheesh !!!

"IMO, this is all spin designed to get them off lightly and to undermine the victory for the intel security forces."

I agree. Canadian liberals very much want to believe that terrorists are motivated by entirely legitimate grievances, so any Islamist plot against liberal, anti-Bush Canada must be minimized as much as possible. Terrorists are not SUPPOSED to have any serious qualms with Canada.