Maher Arar awarded U.S. Presidential Medal of Freedom
Thursday, November 13th, 2008Okay, not really. But it’s a great idea, courtesy of today’s brilliant spoof edition of the New York Times. 1.2 million copies of the paper, dated July 4, 2009, were handed out to commuters in morning rush hour in several American cities. The story on rendition leads with an apology to Maher Arar, and ends with former Secretary of State Donald Rumsfeld, awaiting trial, musing that “maybe the whole torture thing wasn’t a good idea after all…” Brilliant. Truly brilliant.
