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{{Short description|Egyptian-Canadian accused of terrorism}}
'''Mahmoud Es-Sayyid Jaballah'''<ref name="pyramid">[[Al-Ahram]], [http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/1999/429/eg13.htm Militant sought from Canada] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080907052552/http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/1999/429/eg13.htm |date=2008-09-07 }}, May 1999</ref><ref name="reasons">Lemieux, Justice. "Hassan Almrei and the Minister of Citizenship and Immigration and the Minister of Public Safety. ""Reasons for Judgment and Judgment", October 5, 2007</ref> ({{langx|ar|
محمود جاب بالله
}}) is an Egyptian who has been detained in Canada without charge on a  "[[security certificate]]" since August 2001 due to his association with members of [[Egyptian Islamic Jihad|al-Jihad]].<ref name=Globe060526>[https://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20060519.JABALLAH19/TPStory/National "Met top al-Qaeda figure just for tea, Egyptian says"]{{dead link|date=November 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}, ''[[The Globe and Mail]]'', May 26, 2006</ref> He has consistently asserted that he does not believe in violence, and just because he phones or visits people, does not mean that he shares their beliefs.<ref name="ctvnews">[[CTV Television Network|CTV]], [http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20060711/jaballah_060711?s_name=Autos&no_ads= Jaballah denies links to terrorist groups]{{dead link|date=July 2021|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}, July 11, 2006</ref>

==Life==
While studying at the [[University of Zagazig]] in Egypt, Jaballah was involved in a student group named ''Badr'' which distributed pamphlets, a weekly periodical and arranged field trips for students. He stated that the University dean eventually expelled the professor who organised the group for his "anti-government political activity".<ref name="IRBMay6"/>

He was arrested in 1981 and accused of membership in al-Jihad and of participating in the assassination of [[Anwar Sadat]], but was found innocent at trial.<ref name="pyramid"/> He was re-arrested in 1987 and again accused of membership in the group, but the court again found him innocent of all charges.<ref name="pyramid"/>

Jaballah left Egypt in July 1991 and worked in Pakistan from November 1991 through June 1994, first as a biology teacher and then as a school principal under the [[International Islamic Relief Organization]].<ref name="pyramid"/><ref name="PIF">[[Personal Information Form]] (PIF) submitted by Jaballah</ref> He has denied claims from the [[Canadian Security Intelligence Service]] (CSIS) that he also fought in Afghanistan and Chechnya.<ref name=TorStar>[https://www.thestar.com/NASApp/cs/ContentServer?pagename=thestar/Layout/Article_Type1&c=Article&cid=1147946468247&call_pageid=968332188774&col=968350116467  Jaballah denies terrorist training] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110606161910/http://www.thestar.com/NASApp/cs/ContentServer?pagename=thestar%2FLayout%2FArticle_Type1&c=Article&cid=1147946468247&call_pageid=968332188774&col=968350116467 |date=2011-06-06 }}, ''[[Toronto Star]]'', May 18, 2006</ref><ref name=Canada060526>[https://archive.today/20120722172853/http://www.canada.com/components/print.aspx?id=b7775ee3-cd2c-45d1-b679-d502c12c24cf&k=84700 Jaballah admits he knew Khadr], [[canada.com]], May 19, 2006</ref>

He claims to have stayed in Azerbaijan from September 1995 through March 1996.<ref>Minister of Citizenship and Immigration and Mahmoud Jaballah, Reasons for Order, FCTD, November 2, 1999, pp. 20 to 24.</ref>

He married Husnah Mojammad El-Sayyed El-Mashtouli, with whom he has six children.<ref name="csisJaballah"/> She and four of the children have been granted refugee status in Canada.<ref name="loses"/>

==In Canada==
Jaballah entered Canada on May 11, 1996 and applied for [[refugee status]].<ref name="pyramid"/> He admitted that he was using a false Saudi passport,<ref name="PIF"/><ref name="csisJaballah"/> that had stamps indicating the bearer had traveled from Egypt to Saudi Arabia, entered Pakistan ten days before al-Jihad's [[attack on the Egyptian Embassy in Pakistan]], and visited Yemen, Azerbaijan, Jordan, Turkey, and Germany successively.<ref>Passport photocopy presented to the courts, p. 7.</ref> stated that he had also used a false Iraqi passport in the past, in order to travel from Pakistan to Yemen, and from there to Azerbaijan, from 1994 to 1996.<ref name="IRBMay6">Immigration and Refugee Board Transcript, May 6, 1998</ref><ref name="csisJaballah"/><ref name="IRBJune15">Immigration and Refugee Board  Transcript June 15, 1998</ref> [[Muayyed Nureddin]] offered to drive him around the city if necessary because he was a newcomer without transportation, but the two never became friends.<ref name="kerry">Pither, Kerry. "Dark Days: The Story of Four Canadians Tortured in the Name of Fighting Terror", 2008.</ref>

By November 2006, he had arranged a postal box in the city [what city?], and registered [with whom and for what reason?] under the name Bellal.<ref name="csisJaballah"/> He was visited by CSIS agents shortly after arriving.  His son maintains that the CSIS agents were upset because Jaballah refused to spy for them.  The agency has denied that it attempted to recruit Jaballah.<ref>[[CTV Television Network|CTV]], [https://web.archive.org/web/20110522130121/http://toronto.ctv.ca/servlet/an/local/CTVNews/20061203/north_gitmo_061203?hub=TorontoHome Canadian prison being called Guantanamo North], December 3, 2006</ref>

===Alleged associations===
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The month after entering Canada, CSIS alleges Jaballah began phoning suspected [[Egyptian Islamic Jihad|al-Jihad]] members still living in Pakistan and spoke of acquiring new clothing, which Canadian authorities allege was a code word for travel documents.<ref name="csisJaballah">[[Canadian Security Intelligence Service]], [http://cas-ncr-nter03.cas-satj.gc.ca/rss/Jaballah.pdf Summary of the Security Intelligence Report concerning Mahmoud Jaballah]{{dead link|date=May 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}, February 22, 2008</ref> He also remained in contact with al-Jihad ruling council members [[Ahmad Salama Mabruk]] and [[Thirwat Salah Shehata]], the latter had served as Jaballah's lawyer in Egypt and married Jaballah's sister.<ref name="csisJaballah"/><ref name="IRBJune15"/><ref name="MCI">Tab 9, MCI et al. v. Mahmoud Jaballah, DES-6-99, Transcript of Proceedings, June 8, 1999, p. 95</ref><ref>Tab 11, MCI et al. v. Mahmoud Jaballah, DES-4-01, Transcript of Proceedings, July 11,
2006, pp. 856-858</ref> He denied any relationship with Mabruk.<ref name="ctvnews"/>

In September, Jaballah was advised to use caution when contacting "the father", believed to be a reference to [[Ayman al-Zawahiri]]. He responded that he was usually contacted by the father, not vice versa. Two months later, he mentioned to Shehata that he hadn't heard from the father, but was assured that he was all right and just had some difficulties communicating recently. In a later phone call to Yemen, he asked a colleague to deliver a message to the father from him.  In April 1997, Jaballah received a telephone call from the father who asked him how he was faring in Canada.<ref name="csisJaballah"/> Ten months later, he was given the number for an [[Inmarsat]] [[satellite phone]] to contact "Mohammed", which Canadians allege was a reference to Mohammed al-Zawahiri, and phoned it frequently.<ref name="csisJaballah"/>

In October 1996, al-Jihad's London leader [[Adel Abdel Bary]] contacted Jaballah to say that he was shipping him several books and periodicals, including al-Mujahideen and al-Faqr for distribution in Canada, and copies of the Shifaa and some audio cassettes he asked to be forwarded on to Shehata. He also offered to ship him a [[phone card]] printing machine to ensure he was able to easily communicate overseas.<ref name="csisJaballah"/>

In November 1996, Shehata, his brother-in-law told Jaballah that he was in Syria and preparing to go stay with "Daoud", believed to be a reference to [[Ibrahim Eidarous]] who was staying in [[Azerbaijan]].<ref name="csisJaballah"/> That same month, he was informed by a friend that [[Mohammad Zeki Mahjoub]] had moved to Toronto, whom both had known in Afghanistan.<ref name="csisJaballah"/> He later met Mahjoub briefly while picking his wife up from the Khadr's house where Mahjoub was also visiting. Jaballah returned the greeting, introducing himself to ''Ibrahim'' by the [[Kunya (Arabic)|kunya name]] ''Abu Ahmad'' and left. Although Mahjoub was found with the phone number of Jaballah's son at the time of his arrest, 289-2361 under the name ''Abu Ahmed'' ("Father of Ahmed"), Jaballah denied having ever spoken on the phone with him.<ref>MCI et al. v. Mahmoud Jaballah, DES-4-01, Transcript of Proceedings, September 9, 2005, pp. 430-433</ref><ref name="trans">Transcript of Proceedings, Volume 7, Between Minister of Citizenship and Immigration and Solicitor General of Canada and Mohamed Zeki MAHJOUB, p .687.</ref>

On December 13, Jaballah was informed that his friend "Najib" had been hospitalised, which authorities suggest was a reference to [[Ahmad Salama Mabruk]] being imprisoned along with [[Ayman al-Zawahiri]] and [[Mahmud Hisham al-Hennawi]] by Russian authorities as they tried to cross into [[Chechnya]].<ref name="instead">[[Wall Street Journal]], "Saga of Dr. Zawahri Sheds Light On the Roots of al Qaeda Terror"</ref> Jaballah promised to raise funds in Canada to help Nijab while Shehata did the same in Azerbaijan.<ref name="csisJaballah"/> [[Hani Yusef al-Sebai]] contacted him at this time, explaining that he was staying near Shehata and helping with the fundraising for Mabruk's release. During one telephone call, Jaballah hung up abruptly on al-Sebai explaining he had security concerns and they should speak on his [[cell phone]] in the future.<ref name="csisJaballah"/> He contacted Eidarous on January 1 to ask how he would arrange a cash transfer from the [[British Bank Middle East]] to Azerbaijan under the name ''Khalil Yaseen Mohammed Mahmoud'', and a few days later phoned Shehata to say he was unable to transfer the funds to him. Shehata told him to just send the funds for Mabruk's release to Daoud's postal box in London.<ref name="csisJaballah"/>

In September 1997, Bary was replaced by [[Ibrahim Eidarous]] as the leader of the London organisation, and Jaballah began phoning him instead, still referring to him as "Daoud", to discuss matters.<ref name="csisJaballah"/>

In July 1998, Jaballah phoned [[Ibrahim Ismail Allam]] and passed on a message Shehata had asked him to deliver.<ref name="csisJaballah"/> A month later, Shehata phoned Jaballah and told him that he'd moved to Lebanon, but didn't have a phone in his new location. He never again contacted Jaballah.<ref name="csisJaballah"/><ref>Testimony of Husnah Mojammad El-Sayyed El-Mashtouli, August 20, 1999 before the Federal Court of Canada. p. 688.</ref>

In the summer of 1998, following the [[1998 Embassy Bombings|bombings of two American embassies]], Eidarous, Bary, al-Sebai, [[Khalid al-Fawwaz]] and [[Sayyid Ahmed al-Maqsud]] were among eight men arrested in [[London, England]] for their relationship with al-Jihad.  Canadian authorities interviewed Jaballah on September 21 and again on the 26th to question him since he had phoned all five men.<ref name="csisJaballah"/> Jaballah said that he had read of the London arrests on the [[al-Hayat]] website but hadn't heard who specifically had been arrested.<ref name="csisJaballah"/> When shown a list of the arrested men's names in Arabic, he claimed to not recognise any of them, and when challenged retorted that perhaps he had known them by other names since he knew a lot of people overseas, but didn't recognise the names in front of him. He was asked to name everybody he'd contacted who lived overseas and give CSIS their telephone numbers.  Jaballah refused.<ref name="int">CSIS interview with Jaballah, September 26, 1998</ref>  He further stated that the bombings were likely carried out by the [[Egyptian Intelligence Service]] to allow them to arrest those opposed to the regime.<ref name="csisJaballah"/> After the interviews, Jaballah phoned Eidarous and told him that Canadian authorities had asked about him, and even referred to him as Daoud.<ref name="csisJaballah"/>

He has since argued that he knew Bary due to his role as director of the [[International Office for the Defence of Egyptian People]], and was seeking help preparing for his upcoming hearings before the [[Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada]], although  he admitted having contacted him a month after arriving in Canada, several months before he began preparing for his IRB hearing.<ref>MCI et al. v. Mahmoud Jaballah, DES-6-99, Transcript of Proceedings, June 8, 1999, pp. 60-61</ref><ref>MCI et al. v. Mahmoud Jaballah, DES-4-01, Transcript of Proceedings, July 12, 2006, pp. 958-959.</ref>

In 1998, [[Barakat Fahim Ali Mohamed]] was contacted by Jaballah, who wanted an immediate set of false documentation for himself and his family in case Canadian authorities declined his request for refugee status or pursued him. In October 1998, he asked Mohamed whether he had received the necessary photographs of his children and was disappointed to learn that he had not.<ref name="csisJaballah"/> In March 1999, Jaballah unsuccessfully tried to send Mohamed a fax with his address details, and phoned him repeatedly. He was told that "the thing" was ready for him, and would be sent out after [[Eid ul-Fitr|Eid]], assuming the fax had been received by then. He was given details about a Yemeni [[post office box]] where it is believed he sent money to pay for the fake identification.<ref name="csisJaballah"/> By the end of April, Canadian authorities allege that Mohamed sent a letter postmarked in Yemen and signed "Murad", which was addressed to "Bellal", but sent to Jaballah's postal box. It simply stated that the sender was sorry to have not heard from him since Eid, and that he hoped he would get in contact soon.<ref name="csisJaballah"/>

Jaballah has described a casual relationship with [[Ahmed Khadr]], stating that his wife had gone grocery shopping with Khadr's mother-in-law, and he had thus invited Khadr into his house for fifteen minutes during which the two drank tea and discussed their respective [[relief work]] in [[Peshawar, Pakistan]]. He said his wife had bought the Khadr family groceries when Khadr came to Canada as a refugee.  He said he met Khadr when he dropped by to pick up items being given to his family during a period of time when Khadr's family was in need and consistent with Muslim charity, he offered Khadr some tea.<ref name="Globe060526"/><ref name="TorStar"/> Jaballah has said that he never met Khadr while in Peshawar, though Khadr's sons [[Abdullah Khadr|Abdullah]] and [[Abdurahman Khadr|Abdurahman]] have said that they had seen Jaballah around Peshawar and knew him as an Arabic tutor in the city who went by the [[patronymic]] ''Abu Ahmed''.<ref name="abdu">Bell, Stewart. [[National Post]], "'A lot' of Canadians in al-Qaeda", August 1, 2004</ref><ref name="only">Freeze, Colin. ''The Globe and Mail'', "I only buy and sell weapons for al-Qaeda", November 3, 2006</ref> It was later claimed by the government that he had in fact taught the Khadrs while working as a teacher at two schools in the city, and that his wife had asked the family to deny any closer connection than what he'd previously mentioned to the authorities.<ref name="montreal">[[Montreal Gazette]], [https://montrealgazette.com/news/Terror+suspect+taught+Khadr+children+Document/1374581/story.html Terror suspect taught Khadr's children]{{dead link|date=January 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}, March 10, 2009</ref>

Jaballah and [[Mustafa Krer]] met through mutual friends, and Jaballah has said that he phoned Krer for help finding Egyptian newspaper articles he felt could help his refugee claim, and that Krer occasionally visited Jaballah in Toronto. The only time they met in Montreal was when Krer met Jaballah and his wife at [[Hassan Farhat]]'s apartment to celebrate the birth of a child while Jaballah was in the city seeking cheaper car insurance than he could obtain in Toronto.<ref name="csisJaballah"/><ref>Hanes, Allison. [[National Post]], "[http://www.canada.com/theprovince/news/story.html?id=aafcf5d3-dc17-417c-bd42-a0d24bb3f3fa&k=24261 Jaballah claims purely innocent dealings with other terror suspects] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121104064506/http://www.canada.com/theprovince/news/story.html?id=aafcf5d3-dc17-417c-bd42-a0d24bb3f3fa&k=24261 |date=2012-11-04 }}, July 12, 2006</ref> Jaballah met Farhat in 1996 at the [[Medina Mosque (Toronto)|Medina Mosque]] in Toronto, and received help finding a local apartment and learning English.<ref name="csisJaballah"/><ref name="warn">MacLeon, Ian. [[Ottawa Citizen]], "[http://www.canada.com/ottawacitizen/news/observer/story.html?id=bb0b1a96-a65b-4373-8e85-dce93f4fbc2d&p=5 The warning lights were all blinking red] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080925101547/http://www.canada.com/ottawacitizen/news/observer/story.html?id=bb0b1a96-a65b-4373-8e85-dce93f4fbc2d&p=5 |date=2008-09-25 }}", February 23, 2008</ref> Farhat introduced Jaballah to [[Ali Hussein (Canadian)|Ali Hussein]],<ref name="canwest"/> and later moved to [[Winnipeg]], [[Montreal]] and then back to Toronto.<ref name="warn" /> Jaballah also visited him in Winnipeg, and phoned him 41 times,<ref>MCI et al. v. Mahmoud Jaballah, DES-4-01, Transcript of Proceedings, September 13, 2005, pp. 710 to 714; September 14, 2005, pp. 771, 773-774.</ref> once telling him that [[Kassem Daher]] would appreciate any religious audiocassettes that Farhat and Jaballah could send him.<ref name="csisJaballah"/><ref>MCI et al. v. Mahmoud Jaballah, DES-04-01 Transcript of Proceedings, July 11,
2006, pp. 884-907, July 13, 2006, pp. 1018-1022.</ref>

===Recruiting===
In July 1997, a fax believed to have been sent by Mabruk, was sent to Jaballah offering advice on how to approach and recruit Canadians to al-Jihad. He sent a reply stating that he had already begun making contacts in the community, and had found several [[Muslim Brotherhood]] members whose loyalty he had "tested" and that he was convinced they were reliable friends. He was congratulated and reminded that al-Jihad could use as many brothers as they could find.<ref name="csisJaballah"/>

==Arrest==
[[Image:All Five Protest.jpg|thumb|300px|Mahmoud Jaballah is represented in a 2004 protest outside the Toronto office of CSIS.]]
Jaballah was arrested in 1999 on a [[security certificate]] alleging he was a key member of al-Jihad.<ref name="pyramid"/> The courts found the evidence unsatisfactory and he was released several months later.<ref name="loses">[[Canadian Broadcasting Corporation|CBC]], [https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto-teacher-accused-of-militant-links-loses-again-in-deportation-fight-1.597726 Toronto teacher, accused of militant links, loses again in deportation fight], March 16, 2006</ref> Islamic groups accused the Canadian government of bowing to pressure from Egypt to extradite Jaballah back for a third attempt to convict him of membership in al-Jihad.<ref name="pyramid"/>

In August 2001, Jaballah was arrested on a second [[security certificate]].<ref name="press">La Rose, Lauren. [[Canadian Press]], "Security Certificate Detainees Jaballah & Mahjoub Released with Strict Conditions", April 15, 2007</ref> He was held at [[Toronto West Detention Centre]] until April 2006, when he and the other security certificate detainees were moved to a newly constructed facility two hours north of Toronto named [[Kingston Immigration Holding Centre]].<ref name="jack"/>

In March 2002, his lawyer [[Rocco Galati]] made headlines when he simply walked out of the courtroom referring to the legal process holding Jaballah as "a travesty of justice" since security officials were meeting alone with the judge, and the accused was not allowed to know or challenge the evidence against him.<ref>[[Canadian Broadcasting Corporation|CBC]], [https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/lawyer-for-suspected-terrorist-walks-out-of-court-1.348907 Lawyer for suspected terrorist walks out of court], March 12, 2002</ref>

In October 2006, Jaballah's lawyers [[Paul Copeland]] and [[Barbara Jackman]] again sought bail, this time noting the support of former Iraqi hostage [[James Loney (peace activist)|James Loney]] and the release of [[Mohamed Harkat]] on bail from a security certificate four months earlier.<ref name="jack">Shephard, Michelle. [[Toronto Star]], "[https://www.thestar.com/article/168467 Inside Gitmo North]", January 6, 2007</ref><ref>Perkel, Colin. [[Canadian Press]], " Former Iraq hostage Loney supports bail for accused Egyptian terrorist Jaballah", October 4, 2006</ref>

==Release==
On April 14, 2007, Jaballah was released on [[house arrest]] by judge [[Carolyn Layden-Stevenson]], a day after [[Mohammad Zeki Mahjoub]] was similarly released and escorted to his family home. A CSIS agent identified only as ''J.P.'', the Deputy Chief of Counterterrorism and Counterproliferation in the Ottawa Regional Office as of 2005, testified against the petitions for release by Almrei, Jaballah and Charkaoui.<ref name="reasons"/> Under the conditions of his release, Jaballah is not allowed to leave his house without approval,  nor have visitors who haven't been cleared by security. His mail is opened and his phone is tapped, and he is prohibited from using a cellphone or internet connection.<ref name="press"/><ref name="globe">''The Globe and Mail'', [https://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20070413.wjaballah0415/BNStory/National/home Judge frees 'senior' terrorism suspect] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070905171936/http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20070413.wjaballah0415/BNStory/National/home |date=2007-09-05 }}, 14 April 2007</ref>

In December 2007, security officials petitioned Layden-Stevenson to allow them to install 14 [[surveillance camera]]s inside the Jaballah home to watch the day-to-day activities of the family. When asked to review clandestine photographs the [[Canada Border Services Agency]] (CBSA) identified as his house, Jaballah "stunned the court" by appearing perplexed and answering that these were not even photos of his house. The agents had accidentally submit photos from the wrong [[stakeout]], instead labeling photos of Tamil gang-leader Jothiravi Sittampalam's house as being the Jaballah residence,<ref name="barber">Barber, John. ''The Globe and Mail'', "[https://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20071208.wbarber1208/BNStory/specialComment/ Where do we go from here?] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080927212319/http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20071208.wbarber1208/BNStory/specialComment/ |date=2008-09-27 }}, December 8, 2008</ref><ref>Freeze, Colin. ''The Globe and Mail'', "CBSA agents submit wrong evidence in Jaballah case", December 5, 2007</ref> The court also noted complaints that Muslim women are only able to walk around without their [[niqab]] or [[hijab]] inside the home away from the eyes of strangers; and that federal agents would be intruding on their privacy.<ref name="colin"/>

The same month, it was discovered that despite the federal order barring the Jaballah household from access to the internet, the [[City of Toronto government]] had actually made Afnan Essayyid, one of Jaballah's high school-age daughters, the recipient of its Kids@Computers scholarship program meant to assist children living in [[welfare spending|welfare]] situations, and brought the family a free internet line.<ref name="colin">Freeze, Colin. ''The Globe and Mail'', [https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/toronto-award-violates-federal-gag-order/article1090975/ "Toronto award violates federal gag order"], December 4, 2007</ref> Jaballah had phoned [[Bell Canada|Bell]] after the internet line was installed in the kitchen, and was told that the account was being set up and paid for by the city. Jaballah's lawyer John Norris questioned the city's agents in court, and was told that the CBSA had never mentioned anything about the scholarship program.<ref name="colin"/>{{failed verification|reason=Final sentence not in source|date=August 2015}}

Ultimately, it was decided that Jaballah could not continue to teach at the Um Al Qura school he had founded in Scarborough, nor hold Arabic-language or Koranic classes at his home.<ref name="barred">Bell, Stewart. [[National Post]], "Terror suspect barred from teaching at his Islamic school", January 9, 2008</ref>

Following the release of information that CSIS had been illegally monitoring the [[solicitor-client privilege|privileged conversations]] between [[Mohammad Zeki Mahjoub]] and his lawyer,<ref name="perk">Perkel, Colin. [[Canadian Press]], Spy agency listens to calls between terror suspects, lawyers, December 18, 2008</ref> Jaballah and Mahjoub filed a joint motion alleging that the conditions of their house arrest were unreasonable; stating their tracking-bracelets, wiretapped phones and curfews were acceptable intrusions on their lives, while having their family photographed and physically followed at every opportunity and their mail seized were unreasonable. Judge [[Anne MacTavish]] ruled against this motion.<ref>''The Globe and Mail'', [https://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20090115.wsecurity0115/BNStory/National/home Tough house-arrest conditions ruled lawful] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090119051710/http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20090115.wsecurity0115/BNStory/National/home |date=2009-01-19 }}, January 15, 2009</ref>

The Summary Report drafted by CSIS in 2008 had a number of demonstrable errors, including identifying [[Amr Hamed]] and [[Essam Marzouk]] as the same person, stating that four of [[Ahmed Khadr]]'s sons had attended training camps when only two had, that [[Mustafa Krer]] was arrested on December 18, 2004, rather than May 2, 2002, and alternatingly referring to the same interview  occurring on either August 21 or September 21.<ref name="csisJaballah"/>

==References==
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==External links==
* [http://www.justiceforharkat.com/news.php?cat.32 Justice for Mohamed Harkat (Sub-section: Mahmoud Jaballah)]

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