Acting on the word of police, media distorted facts and resorted to cheap hyperbole in covering alleged suspects

Obviously there was cause to be frightened. In August 2003, the RCMP picked up 23 foreign "students" deemed suspicious. One Pakistani had a $40,000 bank balance. An Indian had enrolled at a flight school. Two others were arrested near a Lake Ontario nuclear plant, claiming they were out for a swi...

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