XPost: can.politics, bc.politics, mtl.general   
   From: campbell@neotext.ca   
      
   On Sun, 22 Mar 2015 16:33:28 -0700, politicosage wrote:   
      
   > Anyone see such a law?  How the hell are police or the Harper government   
   > defending their detention and arrests of people like the following one:   
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   >   
   > Mounties charge Alberta teenager with attempting to travel for terrorism   
   >   
   >   
   > EDMONTON - Court documents allege an Alberta teen charged with terror-related   
   > offences wanted to travel overseas to fight with Islamic State militants.   
   >   
   > The 17-year-old boy was taken into custody Thursday in Beaumont, a bedroom   
   > community south of Edmonton.   
   >   
   > RCMP have laid two charges: one of attempting to leave the country to   
   > participate in a terrorist group and another of attempting to leave the   
   country   
   > to commit a terrorist activity, "namely murder."   
   >   
   > Court documents say the alleged offences involve the Islamic State in Iraq   
   and   
   > the Levant and are to have taken place on or about March 8 at or near   
   Beaumont,   
   > Edmonton, Calgary "and elsewhere."   
   >   
   > The teen cannot be identified under the Youth Criminal Justice Act.   
   >   
   > He was denied bail Thursday by a justice of the peace, who cited safety and   
   > protection of the public.   
   >   
   > The teen is to appear in youth court April 9.   
   >   
   > RCMP spokesman Sgt. Harold Pfleiderer said the force's Integrated National   
   > Security Enforcement Team handled the arrest.  The team was established last   
   > year to streamline the collection, sharing and analysis of intelligence on   
   > potential threats to national security.   
   >   
   > He would not provide more details about the investigation.   
   >   
   > "While it may be difficult for parents to come forward to the police, it is   
   > important for families and communities to contact police as soon as they   
   > suspect that an individual is being radicalized," said Pfleiderer.   
   >   
   > Several Canadian young people have already travelled to the Middle East to   
   > fight for the Islamic State.  Ottawa's national security report said at the   
   > start of 2014 that more than 130 individuals were abroad and suspected of   
   > terror-related activities.   
   >   
   > In September, the Canadian Somali Congress of Western Canada wrote to Prime   
   > Minister Stephen Harper warning that young people in Alberta were being   
   > recruited to join ISIL.   
   >   
   > Jeremy Laurin, press secretary for Public Safety Minister Steven Blaney, said   
   > the case is a reminder of why the government's proposed anti-terror   
   legislation   
   > is needed.   
   >   
   > Bill C-51, introduced in January, would give police broader powers and allow   
   > them to detain terror suspects and give new powers to Canada's spy agency.   
   >   
   > Opposition parties have criticized the bill for being too broad and vague and   
   > point out that there are already some powers in place that Canada's security   
   > agencies aren't using.   
      
   It's the same legal mechanisms that allow them to prosecute Canadian pedophiles   
   operating abroad, and it amounts to a kind of extraterritoriality or double   
   jeopardy where Canadians are subject to both Canadian and any host country's   
   laws.   
      
   Notably we did not have such laws during the Spannish Civil War.   
      
   Dhu   
      
      
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