Afghanistan committee  I should say it was David Mulroney rather than Margaret Bloodworth. So that came quite early. The first report I sent after Mr. Lalani arrived, he took my 75 names and reduced them to five for the distribution list. There was some very sensitive information, important information, I thought, that was removed from that report as well.

Afghanistan committee  That began at the end of April 2007.

Afghanistan committee  Well, he arrived at the end of April 2007, so....

Afghanistan committee  We knew that The Globe and Mail's reporting was coming in April. We had advance notice, so we had informed Ottawa—other people had to—and they developed a kind of detainee response. It was called a diplomatic contingency plan. That had been signed off by Margaret Bloodworth. There were a couple of occasions when it seemed like the key decisions on detainees were being taken by Margaret Bloodworth, and I think the discussions on Asadullah Khalid also went to Margaret Bloodworth.

Afghanistan committee  I'm not aware of that memo's existence, even.

Afghanistan committee  Colleen Swords, certainly. She was key.

Afghanistan committee  The Privy Council Office was copied on a lot of them, so the foreign and defence policy adviser, I suppose.

Afghanistan committee  No, I wasn't aware of those concerns, sir.

Afghanistan committee  That was 0029?

Afghanistan committee  I did get feedback on that one. It came from DFAIT. It doesn't mention PCO having been consulted, but there was CEFCOM and some other divisions in DND, and then three divisions in DFAIT.

Afghanistan committee  That was about the notification issues with the Red Cross, the delays, and the inadequate information. They were having a hard time finding our detainees. They were a little unhappy about that.

Afghanistan committee  This one they did reply to. They said, “Of course we respect the ICRC; they have an important function. There was just a mix-up: people were out of the country and didn't get the phone messages. We were a little surprised at the tone of the message, and we're going to fix it. Here's the contact information, the contact person for the Red Cross to get these problems solved.”

Afghanistan committee  I think there were some ameliorations, but then when this issue flared up again almost ten months later, it seemed the delays were still substantial, two weeks and more.

Afghanistan committee  Yes.

Afghanistan committee  Yes.