David Vigneault, former director of Canada's spy agency, testified in Federal Court regarding Abousfian Abdelrazik's lawsuit against the government, stating he has little memory of Abdelrazik's case due to the time that has passed.
The former director of Canada's spy agency, David Vigneault, testified in Federal Court that he has little recollection of the case of Montreal man Abousfian Abdelrazik , who is suing the government for being stranded in Sudan for six years. Vigneault, who was a senior role holder at CSIS from 2006 to 2024, found it challenging to recall events that occurred over 20 years ago.
Abdelrazik's lawsuit accuses CSIS and the government of abandoning him in Sudan and alleges that the Sudanese intelligence agency acted at CSIS's request
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