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.
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ping!
Here’s another thought. Obama and mommy Stanley Ann transiting from Africa passed through Canada (BOAC flight?) before entering the United States where they ended up in Washington state. The Canadian government have port-of-entry record(s) of her with baby Barack Obama entering Canada.
So Canada knows then. I wonder who else does.
Maybe Bibi.
Great White North Ping, eh?
That’s another good theory.
I think things are “getting warm” and people are getting very close to exposing the truth about BO.
In case you weren’t pung to this one.
Well that’s not fair. The canadians get the info but we don’t!!!
Everybody. The whole world.
With “friends” like that,,,
Who needs enemies ?!...
Leaky, leaky??? Peeky, peeky?
Maybe Obamabi was born in Canada , in B.C, as some theorize.
About the same time, Grandma Dunham in Hawaii secured a Hawaiian birth certificate for her grandchild.
Canada obviously knows something that is very detrimental to the Obama administration.
Obama is an easy target for foreign blackmail, especially bad for us since he is a US “president”.
He probably gave them an excerpt of 'Dreams From My Father'.
I SEE THE ONLY HOPE FOR THIS cOUNTRY IS TO EXPOSE THE URSURPER, REMOVE HIM FROM OFFICE IMMEDICATELY ALONG WITH HIS SUPPORTING CHRONIES AND HANG THE BUNCH FOR TREASON. THEN WE CAN VOID ALL HIS UNCONSTITUTIONAL WORK AND MOVE TOWARD THAT “SHINING CITY ON THE HILL”.
SORRY cap lock stuck and too lazy - nite
Notice there has been very little further mention by Obama
on the need to renegotiate the Free Trade Agreement, and he backed off the strictly US content requirements for US stimulus job supply contracts.
One wonders of this cooch has anything to do with it.
Its strange that the government of Canada redacted his bio. , highly unusual in fact. There is a civil servant who needs money in Ottawa, leaking documents in Ottawa is a pass time there which has a long tradition.
I assume they know where he was born. And it wasn’t in the US of A.
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