In Canada, the head of the national police has apologized to Maher Arar. Arar is the Canadian citizen who the U.S. abducted and sent to a Syrian prison where he was tortured. Last week, the Canadian government exonerated Arar and criticized both Canadian and US officials for his ordeal. In a statement Thursday, Royal Canadian Mounted Police Commissioner Giulano Zaccardelli said his force had made major mistakes and caused “terrible injustices” to Arar.