More Americans Should Stand By Maher Arar, Too

CNN: “‘The struggle to clear my name has been long and hard; my kids have suffered silently and I feel that I owe them a lot,’ said Arar, who also thanked Canadians for standing by him.”

The “No Fly List” is an abomination on its own, but surely there should be some reasons offered — even if only to foreign allies such as the Canadian government — for a name being kept on it. The Bush Administration refuses.