Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
Thank you, Mr. Zaccardelli, for coming before the committee today.
I'd like to start with a quote from September 28. The quote is: “...I found out that investigators were speaking with American officials while he was in detention.” The “he” is Maher Arar. “...I learned that in this process they tried to correct what was labelled as false or incorrect information with regard to Mr. Arar.” ... “That was my first point of knowledge about the matter....”
This wasn't one reference. We count eight separate references saying precisely the same thing, stating that your first point of knowledge of this matter was much, much earlier than you are saying today. Because you are now saying today that you were in the dark and you didn't know anything until Justice O'Connor's report came forward, I'm wondering on which day you perjured yourself before this committee, today or September 28?