by Andrew Duffy
Source: The Vancouver Sun
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Date: January 14, 2011

OTTAWA — Previously secret documents released in the Mohamed Harkat terrorism case reveal that the judge wrestled in closed court with how to gauge the credibility of spy agency informants.

Harkat, 42, has been declared a security threat and faces deportation to his native Algeria, where he says he will be tortured or killed.

The Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS) relied on at least two "human sources" in building its case against Harkat, a former Ottawa pizza delivery man.

One of the sources failed a lie-detector test in 2002, a fact that was not disclosed in court until May 2009.

Judge Simon Noel ultimately decided that the source's information could only be relied upon if corroborated.

Another CSIS source was deemed sincere and reliable after Noel reviewed his file.

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