Lawyer Sees Political Angle to Terror Case in Canada - New York Times

Lawyer Sees Political Angle to Terror Case in Canada - New York Times:

"'All these actions by police and politicians are completely unheard of in a real criminal case,' Mr. Galati said. Typically, he said, officials decline to comment on a case that is before a court.

'Discredited is the notion that this is anything but a show trial for political ends,' he said.

He said the accusations that the group had acquired explosive materials to attack Parliament and other unidentified targets in southern Ontario were intended to influence a Supreme Court case challenging the country's antiterror law adopted after the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, in the United States. In addition, he said it was to influence Parliament's decision on whether to renew the act, which will probably happen in the fall."