Highlights:


• Loeppky testified that information about innocent people who have come into contact with a target under investigation is placed in their databases and can be passed to U.S. and other foreign agencies.
  
• Loeppky said that day-to-day sharing of information with foreign agencies is not documented and need not receive any approval from a higher authority.

Highlights:


• Commission counsel said Stephen Harper may be called to testify at the inquiry. (Harper had indicated on CBC the previous night that he had recevied private briefings about Maher Arar's situation.)
  
• A redacted version of the SIRC report in Maher Arar’s case was released by the government to Commission Counsel and the public with every single page blacked out.

Highlights:


• Elcock admitted that CSIS has relationships with foreign agencies suspected of using torture.
  
• Elcock admitted that information from a foreign agency that was obtained under torture could be given to the RCMP without the RCMP being aware of this.
  
• Elcock said he is aware the US has been secretly transporting terrorist suspects to Egypt and Jordan for interrogation (place where they may be tortured), bypassing extradition and legal procedures.
  
• Elcock admitted that CSIS sometimes recruits informants who are seeking refugee status. He said that officers are not allowed to offer inducements, but later admitted that informants are sometimes paid.
  

Highlights:


• Elcock admitted that CSIS may have information sharing agreements with countries/foreign intelligence agencies that use torture.
  
• Elcock admitted that there may have been allegations that a CSIS agent has used torture when operating abroad.
  
• Elcock said he doesn’t know of any cases like Maher Arar’s where the US detained and deported a foreign citizen to another country.
  
• Elcock said that the majority of CSIS' agreements with foreign agencies are done orally, but only written agreements need to be given to the review committee.