Mike Cabana/External Links

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1. Arar inquiry rejects effort to lift secrecy veil, CTV News, 2005-06-16. Retrieved on 2012-05-29. “The dispute centres on Supt. Mike Cabana, who once headed an RCMP anti-terrorist task force that took an interest in Arar. Cabana has already testified extensively in camera, but he is to return to the inquiry for public questioning next week. Norm Boxall, one of Cabana's lawyers, argued Thursday that his client must be free to discuss details that have been kept secret until now on national security grounds. If he is allowed to tell only part of the story in public, the testimony could be misleading and potentially damaging to the reputations of Cabana and his fellow investigators, said Boxall. "The evidence must be full and complete and tell the complete and full truth," he maintained. "Our position is that the only way that can be done at this stage is to eliminate, effectively, these national security claims."”

1. Canadians feared torture early in Arar detention, Globe and Mail, 2005-06-30. Retrieved on 2012-05-29. “Superintendent Mike Cabana said that concern came up at a meeting of officials just a few weeks after Mr. Arar had been unexpectedly deported to Syria by the Americans. Canadian diplomats had spoken to Mr. Arar in custody, and their report underlined worries about mistreatment, Supt. Cabana told a public inquiry.”

1. Colin Freeze. The El Maati file, Globe and Mail, 2005-08-29. Retrieved on 2012-05-29. “Ahmad El Maati was "one of the main targets" of a counterterrorism investigation that began in 2001 and continues to this day, RCMP Superintendent Mike Cabana testified earlier this month at the Arar inquiry.”

1. Matt Hillburn. Border crossings, Military.com, 2006-03-23. Retrieved on 2012-05-29. “Chief Superintendent Mike Cabana, director general for border integrity with the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, would also like to see something like “ Shiprider ” become a normal way of doing business on the Great Lakes. “This is new territory,” he said. “The laws that are in place were not put in place with cross-border law enforcement in mind.” Cabana added that the Canadian government is currently working on a legal framework that would address “impediments” to working more closely with the U.S. Coast Guard, such as sovereignty, governance, oversight and other issues. The Canadian parliament would have to approve any changes in the law, and Cabana said he hopes that will happen in 2007.”

1. 'I am proud of our investigative work', Canada.com, 2006-09-26. Retrieved on 2012-05-29. “At the time, Chief Clement was assistant criminal operations officer for the RCMP's "A" Division in Ottawa and helped select investigators for Project A-O Canada, including the project's officer-in-charge, then-Insp. Mike Cabana. Insp. Cabana reported to Insp. Clement, who reported to his superiors. The team was instructed to use every legal tool to ensure that the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001 weren't repeated, including sharing information with other domestic and foreign agencies. "It was a multi-jurisdictional team of professionals who only had the public interest at heart on both sides of the border," he said. His statement -- he declined to be interviewed -- is the first public defence of the RCMP by a case insider since Justice Dennis O'Connor's report detailing the missteps of the RCMP and federal government officials that contributed to Mr. Arar's year-long imprisonment and torture in Syria, beginning in 2002.”

1. Key Mounties in Arar case promoted, cited for merit, Canada.com, 2006-09-28. Retrieved on 2012-05-29. “Also moving on after the Arar case was Insp. Mike Cabana, the officer in charge of Project A-O Canada, the RCMP anti-terrorism unit that conducted the Arar investigation. His investigators conducted surveillance on Arar, alerted Canada Customs to search him at the airport and later shared information about him with the FBI. He later became the criminal operations officer for Quebec and was made responsible for national security and border integrity.”

1. Julian Beltrame. Industry lobbies for crack-down on fake goods, Toronto Star, 2007-04-02. Retrieved on 2012-05-29. “"Counterfeit goods seized in Canada now include almost any product you can think of," said RCMP Chief Superintendent Mike Cabana. He said that in Quebec alone, authorities seized over two-and-a-half tonnes of "fake" batteries in 2005, giving dramatic testimony to the committee about the day one counterfeit battery actually exploded on his desk. "It made quite a bang," he said.”

1. Border towns face security crackdown, Canada.com, 2007-10-27. Retrieved on 2012-05-29. “The authorities recognize the difficulties as well. "We cannot lose sight of the fact that if we deal with specifics of that area in that way, it just might mean displacement to other areas," said RCMP chief superintendant Mike Cabana, who is in charge of border integrity and who stressed that shared intelligence was the best way to combat the crime.”

1. No need to check background of cabinet spouses, partners, says Day, Timmins Daily Press. Retrieved on 2012-05-29. “"Organized crime can reach into every area of our lives, with vast resources at its disposal and its ability to penetrate legitimate society and economic structures," said Chief Supt. Mike Cabana.”

1. Allan Woods, Bruce Campion-Smith. Big tobacco pays the price, Toronto Star, 2008-08-01. Retrieved on 2012-05-29. “RCMP Assistant Commissioner Mike Cabana said the settlements and guilty pleas demonstrate that "no company is above the law."”

1. John E. Cowan. Who Had Their Finger on the Scales of Canadian Legal Justice: Part One, Modern Ghana News, 2008-10-08. Retrieved on 2012-05-29. “Again, I am asking WHO put their finger on the scales of justice and interfered by tampering to give a lenient, benevolent deal for the big tobacco companies contrived scheme carried out? Are there no investigative reporters that cannot inhale the odour from the aggrandized press release statements of Gordon O'Connor and Mike Cabana. Maybe another cabinet minister will fall like Maxime Berbier if a person digs in the right spot! Second part of letter on civil injustice carried out on tobacco farmers to follow.”

1. Jim Bronskill. UN report criticizes Canada for sharing Arar info, Canadian Press, 2009-03-10. Retrieved on 2012-05-29. “After the meeting, Cabana confirmed he was referring to the Arar file. But he declined to comment further, citing continuing civil litigation stemming from cases tied to the Arar file. "I will not talk about the Arar case," said Cabana, who has risen to the rank of assistant commissioner from inspector when he headed the post-9-11 probe code named A-O Canada.”

1. Assessment underway in RCMP conflict: Toews, CTV News, 2010-07-27. Retrieved on 2012-05-29. “Sources say Deputy Commissioners Raf Souccar and Tim Killam are two of the Mounties involved in laying complaints against Elliott, along with four assistant commissioners: Francois Bidal, Pat McDonell, Mike Cabana and Mike McDonell, who quit in frustration.”

1. Scott Taylor. RCMP plan to post grow-op addresses, London Free Press, 2011-09-22. Retrieved on 2012-05-29. “Assistant commissioner Mike Cabana said dwellings will only be posted on the site if a grow-op was dismantled as a result of the execution of a search warrant.”

1. Murray Crawford. RCMP launch aggressive grow op strategy, Lloydminster Meridian, 2011-10. Retrieved on 2012-05-29. “"Grow operations harm communities," said Mike Cabana, Assistant RCMP Commissioner. "Wherever they exist there's the potential for an increase in criminal activity and a greater chance of fire, explosions and violence. This initiative is part of the RCMP's renewed commitment and priority to combat marijuana production controlled by organized crime groups."”

1. Canadian Parliament Studying Case of Fugitive Iranian Banker, FARS News, 2011-11-03. Retrieved on 2012-05-29. “RCMP assistant commissioner Mike Cabana, told the Senate committee that "there is a process in place … our agencies are supporting CIC [Citizenship and Immigration Canada] in their decision-making process."”

1. Gary Dimmock. RCMP reputation on line after Ottawa man awarded new trial for 2000 contract killing, National Post, 2012-05-07. Retrieved on 2012-05-29. “And once details of the RCMP decision not to pursue the tip become public, RCMP assistant commissioner Mike Cabana fears they will “tarnish” the Mounties’ reputation and open the door to “potential civil liability,” according to internal RCMP memos.”

1. Douglas Quan. Cross-border policing project raising questions about sovereignty and the law, Postmedia, 2012-05-16. Retrieved on 2012-05-29. “"In the past we weren't able to pursue criminals across the border, and they knew it," Mike Cabana, the RCMP deputy commissioner in charge of federal policing, told a Senate committee examining the proposal this week. "All they had to do was reach that international line to escape apprehension and prosecution."”