Commission of Inquiry Report: “Air India Flight 182: A Canadian Tragedy”

* Commission of Inquiry Into the Investigation of the Bombing of Air India Flight 182, “Air India Flight 182: A Canadian Tragedy” (June 17, 2010)

The final report of Canada’s Commission of Inquiry in the bombing of Air India Flight 182 has just been published. Needless to say, this should be of interest to all of those who are interested in questions of intelligence/criminal investigative cooperation, the legal regulation of the two, and a host of other terrorism-related issues. The various components are as follows:

Remarks by Commissioner John C Major, June 17, 2010

Key Findings of the Commission

A Guide to the Report

Report Table Of Contents

  • Volume 1
    The Overview
  • Volume 2
    Part 1: Pre-Bombing
    Part 2: Post-Bombing Investigation and Response
  • Volume 3
    The Relationship between Intelligence and Evidence and the Challenges of Terrorism Prosecutions
  • Volume 4
    Aviation Security
  • Volume 5
    Terrorist Financing
  • Reader’s Guide
    Acronyms and Key Names

Research Studies
Table Of Contents

  • Volume 1
    Threat Assessment RCMP/CSIS Co-operation
  • Volume 2
    Terrorism Financing, Charities, and Aviation Security
  • Volume 3
    Terrorism Prosecutions
  • Volume 4
    The Unique Challenges of Terrorism Prosecutions

To order printed copies of the Commission’s report, please contact Government of Canada Publications.

By Robert M. Chesney

Robert M. Chesney is Charles I. Francis Professor in Law at UT-Austin School of Law. Chesney is a national security law specialist, with a particular interest in problems associated with terrorism. Professor Chesney recently served in the Justice Department in connection with the Detainee Policy Task Force created by Executive Order 13493. He is a member of the Advisory Committee of the American Bar Association's Standing Committee on Law and National Security, a senior editor for the Journal of National Security Law & Policy, an associate member of the Intelligence Science Board, a non-resident senior fellow of the Brookings Institution, a term member of the Council on Foreign Relations, and a member of the American Law Institute. Professor Chesney has published extensively on topics ranging from detention and prosecution in the counterterrorism context to the states secrets privilege. He served previously as chair of the Section on National Security Law of the Association of American Law Schools and as editor of the National Security Law Report (published by the American Bar Association's Standing Committee on Law and National Security). His upcoming projects include two books under contract with Oxford University Press, one concerning the evolution of detention law and policy and the other examining the judicial role in national security affairs.

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