Juliet O'Neill

Juliet O'Neill

Juliet O'Neill is a Canadian journalist who was the subject of controversy when the Royal Canadian Mounted Police raided her house, in an attempt to find the source of an internal leak giving her access to privileged documents related to the Maher Arar case.

A graduate of the University of Toronto, O'Neill had studied on a Southam Fellowship.

Her position within the "Ottawa Citizen" office at the time was Foreign Affairs correspondent, and she had earlier served as a foreign correspondent in Moscow [http://www.taddlecreekmag.com/alfredfebruary Those Were the Days | Taddle Creek | www.taddlecreekmag.com ] ] .

In 1986, O'Neill was working for the Canadian Press newswire, when she caught international attention for being the only reporter to capture Sondra Gotlieb assaulting her social secretary Connie Gibson Connor at a state dinner held to honour Canadian Prime Minister Brian Mulroney and US Vice President George H. Bush. [Washington Monthly, [http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1316/is_n5_v22/ai_9085523 Washington Rollercoaster. - book reviews] , 1990]

On January 21, 2004, O'Neill obtained privileged documents related to the Maher Arar case. In response, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police raided her house as part of an attempt to identify the leak. The raid seized notebooks, files, hard drives and other materials.

In November 2004, Ontario Superior Court Judge Lynn Ratushny ruled that the sealing of the search warrants was unacceptable, although Justice of the Peace Richard Sculthorpe had given approval after the RCMP invoked the Security of Information Act. Justice Ratushny stated that the sealing of the search violated guarantees of a free press, freedom of expression and the publics right to an open court system. She ordered that a redacted copy be released to the public. [ [http://www.injusticebusters.com/04/ONeill_Juliet.htm injusticebusters 2004 > > Juliet O'Neill: Traumatising a reporter ] ] In October 2006, Ontario Superior Court Judge Ratushny struck down Section 4 of the Security of Information Actcite web |url=http://laws.justice.gc.ca/en/O-5/275827.html#rid-275834 |title=Section 4 of the Security of Information Act |date=2006-09-15 |accessdate= 2006-10-26 |format= |work=Consolidated Statutes and Regulations |publisher= Department of Justice Canada] , ruling that it was "unconstitutionally vague" and broadcite news
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All materials seized from O'Neill were ordered returned.

O'Neill was represented by attorneys Rick Dearden and Wendy Wagner from Gowlings Law Firm.

References

External links

* [http://www.media-awareness.ca/english/resources/articles/land_mines/96_land_mines_ban.cfm 1996 article she wrote on landmines]


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