Maher Arar received a public apology from U.S. lawmakers on Thursday for being detained by the U.S. and deported to Syria, where he was tortured and interrogated on false terrorism allegations.
The apologies came during a U.S. House of Representatives hearing convened to discuss his deportation.
“Let me personally give you what our government has not: an apology,” Democrat Bill Delahunt said as he opened the hearing.
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Democrat Jerrold Nadler, who apologized to Arar, described his ordeal as “a kidnapping.”
He also said that he saw all of the classified information on the case on Wednesday, and that while he couldn’t talk specifics, he said “there is nothing there.”
“I am not at liberty to reveal all the classified information, but I am at liberty to say … there is nothing there that justifies the campaign of vilification against your name … or justifies denying you entry into this country or characterizing you as a terrorist in any way.”
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