Matt DeHart ... loses bid for asylum in Canada

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Matt DeHart, former American soldier claiming he was tortured by U.S., loses bid for asylum in Canada
Adrian Humphreys | February 11, 2015 | Last Updated: Feb 11 5:28 PM ET

... “Am I now to be given into the hands of my torturers?”

The decision by the Immigration and Refugee Board (IRB) offered him a moral victory — finding no “credible or trustworthy evidence” he committed the child pornography offences alleged by the government — but extended him no protection, denying him refugee status, which would have allowed him to remain in Canada.

The IRB ruled that the United States “has a fair and independent judicial process” available to him where he can continue to fight his criminal charges and press his civil rights complaint ...

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1. Failed refugee claimant DeHart to be deported in ‘very short order’

Failed refugee claimant DeHart to be deported in ‘very short order,’ may not get back encrypted drive
Adrian Humphreys | February 11, 2015 | Last Updated: Feb 11 10:04 PM ET

... “They’re encrypted, government level. It’s got tamper-resistant features. If you try to open it, it’s got a polymer on there that it breaks the chip. Try 10 invalid password attempts it wipes the data,” he said.

“They want me to decrypt it for them.”

IRB adjudicator Alicia Seifert dismissed his plea for the drives, saying the IRB had no authority to order CBSA to act.

Nor did she see any reason to free Mr. DeHart, saying he was a danger to the community and unlikely to appear voluntarily for removal ...

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2. I completely missed this story.

For others who missed this as well, here's a quick primer via wikipedia:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matt_DeHart