Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman.
Thank you, Commissioner, for appearing today. I appreciate that you see this as the committee that should be hearing from you.
I do think all Canadians are happy that the RCMP has taken this responsibility. We all know that this happened right after 9/11, when Ground Zero was still smouldering. But there are so many questions that are I think still left unanswered.
First, do you know if the Americans were investigating Mr. Arar prior to Canada and the RCMP getting involved?