Security detainee Mohamed Harkat seeks more freedom to go online, travel
OTTAWA — The wife of terror suspect Mohamed Harkat told a court Thursday her husband wouldn’t hurt a bug — literally — as she argued for fewer federal restrictions on his everyday activities.
Authorities are balking at Harkat’s request for more leeway to use the internet outside the family home and travel freely within Canada, saying he continues to pose a threat almost 15 years after being arrested.
Sophie Harkat testified at a Federal Court of Canada hearing on the application that her spouse recently fished a millipede from the sink with a glass and placed it outside rather than squash it.
“He just doesn’t have it in him,” she said under questioning from Barb Jackman, her husband’s lawyer.