DFAIT officials get third degree over detainees

Published December 9, 2009

The debate over Afghan detainees continued to rage at the Special Committee on Afghanistan on Dec. 2 with a trio of bureaucrats saying there was no physical evidence that Canadian-transferred prisoners were tortured.

The former head of Foreign Affairs' international security branch Colleen Swords , a former boss of Richard Colvin, denied Mr. Colvin's testimony that she instructed him not to write reports...