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The judge who has emerged as a top foe of Trump's deportation efforts previously let a well-known Trump-Russia collusion hoax proponent off the hook. But newly-declassified Crossfire Hurricane records show the FBI's Kevin Clinesmith was deeply involved in in the bogus Russiagate saga.. Convicted FBI lawyer Kevin Clinesmith — whom Judge James Boasberg gave a slap on the wrist for his crimes years before becoming a public foe of President Donald Trump’s deportation policies — was more deeply involved in the deeply flawed Crossfire Hurricane investigation than previously known. Clinesmith, who worked on both the FBI’s Hillary Clinton email investigation...

Child welfare officials have no duty to parents: top court CBC News - Last Updated: Friday, July 27, 2007 | 12:07 PM ET Child welfare authorities don't owe parents a duty of care, Canada's top court ruled Friday, saying such an obligation would put the treatment of children at risk by creating a conflict of duties. The unanimous Supreme Court of Canada ruling marks the end of a lengthy battle by a southwestern Ontario family for millions of dollars in damages. They claimed a treatment centre and social worker owed them a responsibility and had been negligent by depriving...

Report on Reuters actions after publishing altered photographs January 18th, 2007, filed by David Schlesinger Last August, Reuters published and then withdrew two photographs from Lebanon that had been digitally altered. At that time, we immediately terminated our relationship with the freelance photographer who took and altered the images and said we’d share with the public the results of our internal investigations. Experienced photo editors and other senior editorial staff went through thousands of images published during the Lebanon conflict. We are satisfied no other images were digitally altered. We were not satisfied with the degree of oversight that...

By MARGARET WENTE From Tuesday's Globe and Mail In 1987, Anita and Dale Klassen welcomed three foster children into their home — Michael Ross, 7, and his five-year-old twin sisters, Michelle and Kathy. Their birth parents were deaf, alcoholic and dysfunctional, and all three children had been sexually abused. They had severe behavioural and emotional problems. Michael was the worst. He had to be kept under constant supervision to prevent him from abusing his sisters. He would sexually assault other kids whenever he was left alone with them. The Klassens treated their foster children as their own, but Michael proved...