Good afternoon, colleagues.
This is meeting number 8 of the Special Committee on the Canadian Mission in Afghanistan on Wednesday, May 5, 2010.
I'd remind everyone that we are televised today. We would ask as a favour that you adjust your communication devices, BlackBerrys, and telephones.
This afternoon we continue our study of the transfer of Afghan detainees.
As our first witness today, from Washington, D.C., we have Andrea Prasow, senior counsel for the terrorism and counterterrorism program with Human Rights Watch.
We certainly thank you for appearing here today. I understand that you will initially have some brief comments. I'm not certain whether you've ever seen the proceedings of a parliamentary committee, but we will take questions from the members of this committee. We'll look forward to your answers.
If you wouldn't mind, you could give us your opening comments.
Welcome back to Canada. Welcome to the Parliament of Canada and to this committee.