Grit rips top Mountie

Liberal justice critic Marlene Jennings is lashing out at B.C's top Mountie for criticizing a move by Canada's opposition parties not to extend controversial anti-terror powers for police.
RCMP Deputy Commissioner Gary Bass says an investigation into the 1985 Air India bombing has been harmed by the expiry of investigative hearings. Such hearings allow authorities to compel potential witnesses in a suspected terror case to testify in front of a judge.
Jennings says an inquiry into the bombing should examine why the RCMP weren't quicker to use the provision, which was introduced in 2001 for five years.
Resuming the inquiry yesterday, Justice John Major urged government lawyers to redouble efforts to ensure more of the bombing's paper trail will see the light of day.
06/03/07 Alan Findlay & CP/Canoe.ca, Canada

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