It could. I think “person of interest” is not a scientific term, it is a term of art--and you are well familiar with it. So a person of interest may very well be completely innocent. I think that's what Mr. Justice O'Connor concluded in relation to Mr. Arar. It may be, as in Mr. Arar's case, through association with those who are being investigated by whoever it might be, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, local police, whatever. As you are aware, a person of interest can bring within it a fairly wide group of people, but person of interest does not.... As Mr. Justice O'Connor has indicated, we need to be very careful around the language we use, because you can be a person of interest because of an association and be completely innocent.
On November 28th, 2006. See this statement in context.