CBC: Tories focused on message as detainee issue grew

[tuvor]

The Conservative government was focused on communications as it tried to deal with growing questions about the treatment of Afghan detainees in 2007.

Staff in the Privy Council Office created a PowerPoint presentation for former foreign affairs minister Peter MacKay to give to the Conservative government's high-level cabinet operations committee.

Obtained by CBC News, the presentation is a draft dated for the May 7, 2007, meeting. It is unclear if MacKay actually presented this version of the document at the meeting.

The meeting came just weeks after the Globe and Mail published an article detailing allegations of torture and abuse of Afghan detainees.

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http://www.cbc.ca/canada/story/2010/03/09/afghan-detainee-communication-plan-presentation.html

[HeresyLives]

1. Focussed on the spin it should say.

Only war crimes are something that can't be spun away.