Posted on 11/08/2009 6:51:02 PM PST by Red Steel
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according to Canadian government officials, a biography of U.S. President Barack Obama provided to Prime Minister Stephen Harper shortly after Mr. Obama's inauguration last January qualifies as a state secret.
Under the Access to Information Act, Canwest News Service requested all briefing materials provided to the prime minister ahead of Mr. Obama's visit to Canada in February.
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The 77 pages of heavily censored documents released to Canwest include memos to Mr. Harper from his foreign-policy adviser, a letter from Canada's former ambassador to the United States, Michael Wilson, as well as talking points to prepare Mr. Harper for the meeting. It also includes biographies of the president and officials who accompanied the president on the trip to Canada, including National Security Advisor James Jones, National Economic Council director Lawrence Summers, Obama's chief of staff Rahm Emanuel and White House press secretary Robert Gibbs.
In blacking out the biographies of the president and his entourage, officials cited a section of the act that allows the government to refuse records whose disclosure could be "injurious to the conduct of international affairs, the defence of Canada or any states allied or associated with Canada."
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Retired colonel Michel Drapeau, an expert in access-to-information law at the University of Ottawa, said it's not surprising that much of the briefing material on such a high-level meeting was being withheld. Canadian courts have tended to support the government's view that releasing such materials could hurt relations with other countries, he said.
But he said it was "silly" for Canadian officials to withhold the biography of such a prominent public figure.
(Excerpt) Read more at nationalpost.com ...
This one has much dice...
bttt
Hey... his bio is a state secret here too!
Ping the list. An interesting article.
We have been looking for Osama Bin Laden for years. Has anybody ever put a picture of Obama next to Osama and removed by photo shop Osama’s Beard? You think we know Obama’s missing background?
Why did he bow to the Saudi’s?
America shoud be worried about Obama!
Can somebody put a picture side by side?
How was this handled with Dubya?
make that ineligible
Obama IS the next Al Qaeda attack on the US.
America shoud be worried about Obama!
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Half of informed America was “worried” about Obama even BEFORE the election.....and we were right.
Interesting. Makes one wonder why that is. /smirk
Ping.
Info ping.
Has the biography of other U.S. Presidents been a state secret in Canada?
If this hasn’t been the case in the past, then why is the case now?
Some people have speculated that foreign intelligence agencies have information that could comprise Obama. This is one example that may give credence to that theory.
Hey, Canwest, if you get the info, please share it with us in the USA.
Something else just popped into my mind.
Some people have speculated that Obama was born in Canada because his mother was in Seattle 16 days after giving birth to Barrack. If that is the case, the Canadian government might have proof of that and is keeping it a secret. Just a thought.
PING!
If that were true, I’d consider withholding that from the American people an act of war.
Zero fooled one country. What's to stop him from fooling others?
OTOH, why would he be more honest with other countries than with the one he's ruling?
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