Commentary: Terrorism isn't special It’s been a bad week to be a terrorist in Canada. Let's look at recent convictions. The police were extremely careful not to do any[thing to] spoil their chances to convict and put away their suspects. In all those cases, police played by the rules, and thanks to them, all these would-be terrorists are in prison. They do not threaten us any longer. Now, compare the police’s enviable successes, against the appalling record of those amateurs who disobeyed the rules. More than anyone else in Canada, the spies of CSIS and the diplomats of Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada (DFAIT) trashed the rules. They arranged illegal detentions, collaborated with torturers, spied on lawyers, lied to judges and did other nefarious things. The result? Not a single conviction. READ MORE