You might show a lease to a lot of people though. Library cards come to mind, and registering a child in school and proving residency for tuition purposes at a state college are all reasons why I have showed someone a lease in the past. Even if one of these applies to him, though, the question still remains as to why the US government is interested in the lease of a Canadian citizen living in Canada. And how they got it, above all.

Dana

>So far the story is that there are only two copies of that lease. Arar
>has a copy and the landlord has the original. The landlord claims that
>no government office supplied a warrant or other legal request for the
>document. This was just a rental agreement so I don't see why it would
>be public record like a house deed.
>
>I'm guessing someone may have done some "social engineering" to get a
>copy if the lease. Like how the old phone phreakers used to get
>passwords. Just call the receptionist, say you are some big shot and
>sway them into faxing you the document.
>
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: dana tierney [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Sent: Thursday, November 06, 2003 8:59 AM
>To: CF-Community
>Subject: Re:The Damasus Holiday Inn...
>
>
>It's a good question. A better one is how did they even know about the
>lease. They aren't recorded anywhere in Canada either, right? Makes me
>wonder if there was some surveillance of the guy who was the witness,
>and if so what THAT was about. Even assuming that guy #1 is suspected of
>being a bad guy why put guy #2 in harm's way by drawing the attention of
>the Americans to him, over nothing more than a lease? I mean... suppose
>my landlord has ties to Mexican revolutionaries? How would I know? But
>our names are still on a piece of paper together....
>
>Dana
>
>
>>There was an update published on the Toronto Star's website today. The
>>main concern seems to be how a copy of the lease was obtained. They
>>seem to think that the RCMP or CSIS obtained a copy illegally and
>>passed that on to US officials.
>
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