Source: The Canadian Press
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Date: October 9, 2008


OTTAWA — Lawyers for accused terrorist Mohamed Harkat say they've worked out an agreement in principle with federal authorities to ease Harkat's bail conditions.

Under the new arrangement, Harkat will finally be able to move out of the basement apartment in his mother-in-law's house where he's been staying, lawyer Norm Boxall said Wednesday.

Justice Simon Noel of Federal Court is expected to issue a formal order to that effect by the end of the week.

Boxall cautioned, however, that the new rules will be temporary in nature and could be revisited at a court hearing next month.

Harkat, a former Ottawa pizza delivery man, is accused by the Canadian Security Intelligence Service of being an al-Qaida agent who must be removed from Canada as a security risk. He denies any link to terrorist activities.

He was arrested in December 2002 and has been fighting deportation ever since.

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