Good to hear.
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/news/c...ars+JTF2+troops+wrongdoing/5868738/story.html
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http://www.ottawacitizen.com/news/c...ars+JTF2+troops+wrongdoing/5868738/story.html
Military police investigators have cleared Canadian special forces members of any wrongdoing after a member of the Ottawa-based Joint Task Force 2 made allegations that his fellow soldiers failed to report the murder of an unarmed man in Afghanistan.
The details of the alleged crimes are still shrouded in secrecy, with military investigators saying they cannot reveal most details because those would touch on how special forces operate.
But the investigation, known as Project Sand Trap, found no evidence that any Canadian Forces members committed criminal acts, said Lt.-Col. Robert Delaney, commanding officer of the Canadian Forces National Investigation Service.
Phase 1 of the investigation focused on allegations that a member of JTF2 committed criminal acts between 2005 and 2006.
There were two allegations of negligence, one allegation of assault and one allegation of murder.
According to the NIS, no evidence was found to support these allegations and that investigation was closed in October 2009. Phase 2 of the investigation focused on whether Canadian special forces members failed to properly report serious criminal offences allegedly committed by individuals from other nations in 2007 and 2008.
The investigation found no evidence of criminal wrongdoing by any members of the Canadian Forces, Delaney said. He declined to go into details about any of the incidents because of security reasons. But that level of secrecy is troubling especially considering the seriousness of the allegations, said Paul Champ, an Ottawa lawyer who represented Amnesty International during hearings into how the Canadian Forces handled allegations of abuse of Afghan detainees.
"The military is saying Canadian Forces members are cleared, yet there are absolutely no details on what the allegations were, who was involved, when and where it happened," Champ said.
"We're just being told to trust them, but if you look at the military in the last 20 years, unfortunately there's been a lot of reasons to question whether we should trust the military at times."
Delaney, however, said the investigation was extensive, with around 100 interviews conducted.
"It was conducted in the same manner which we conduct any of our investigations, which is independent, completely professional and extremely thorough," he added.
But Champ, and others, have questioned the independence and thoroughness of the NIS on past investigations.
"In terms of military police investigations, there has been valid questions raised recently on the Afghan detainee issue about how truly independent the military police are," he said.
"When you combine the lack of independence of the military police with the lack of transparency, that's very troubling," he added.
The Sand Trap investigation was launched after allegations were brought to the attention of the Canadian Forces Ombudsman's office, and were passed on to military police.
The NIS was brought in because of the seriousness of the allegations and they began their investigation in June 2008.
The NIS has said that information collected during the Sand Trap investigation pertaining to non-Canadian Forces members was brought to the attention of the appropriate foreign investigative authorities.
Delaney would not say what foreign investigative authorities those were
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