Der Minister für öffentliche Sicherheit und seine Mitarbeiter brauchten Zeit, um sich mit dem Haftbefehl gegen einen liberalen Machthaber „anzuwöhnen“, heißt es in einer öffentlichen Untersuchung
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/article-foreign-interference-inquiry-public-safety-minister-warrant/
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What did the inquiry actually hear? Only the word “comfortable” is in quotes, which means their rest of the statement wasn’t what was said.
What exactly is it that Liberal political staffers needed nearly two months to get ‘comfortable’ with?
>Gib van Ert, the lawyer for Conservative MP Michael Chong, asked Mr. Stewart whether it would have taken Mr. Blair and his staff time to “be comfortable with this particular warrant due to the Vanweenan list” that would have presumably accompanied the application.
>Mr. van Ert was referring to a list of all individuals CSIS believed could also be intercepted talking to the target during the surveillance period – one that presumably could have included Liberals, including elected politicians.
>“That’s an interesting term of art: the Vanweenan list,” Mr. Stewart replied. “I would say, sir, that is generally a concern of the minister’s office,” he said.
Got it. So willing to jeopardize national security because Liberal politicians might have been having conversations with a possible foreign agent.