Alleged Al-Qaeda sleeper's house arrest to be lifted: mediaA federal court announced Thursday that Canada is to cease its surveillance of a Moroccan terror suspect and lift restrictions on his movements in this country, said local media. All that needs to be determined now in the case of Adil Charkaoui Adil Charkaoui (born 1974) is a Morocco-born permanent resident of Canada who was arrested by the Canadian government under a security certificate in May 2003. Personal history is how soon his strict bail conditions would come to an end, Justice Danielle Tremblay Lamer reportedly said in court. The national security measure used to detain de·tain tr.v. de·tained, de·tain·ing, de·tains 1. To keep from proceeding; delay or retard. 2. To keep in custody or temporary confinement: him "will be dropped," Tremblay Lamer was quoted as saying by public broadcaster CBC (1) (Cell Broadcast Center) See cell broadcast. (2) (Cipher Block Chaining) In cryptography, a mode of operation that combines the ciphertext of one block with the plaintext of the next block. , in denying a government application to maintain Charkaoui's house arrest. "I hope that's the end of my nightmare," Charkaoui later told reporters outside the courtroom. Canada's spy service still views Charkaoui as a security threat, and authorities continue to try to deport de·port tr.v. de·port·ed, de·port·ing, de·ports 1. To expel from a country. See Synonyms at banish. 2. To behave or conduct (oneself) in a given manner; comport. him to Morocco, which has issued an international warrant for his arrest. Charkaoui was arrested in 2003 under security measures Noun 1. security measures - measures taken as a precaution against theft or espionage or sabotage etc.; "military security has been stepped up since the recent uprising" security contained in Canada's Immigration and Refugee Protection Act Immigration and Refugee Protection Act (IRPA) is an Act of the Parliament of Canada, passed in 2001 as Bill C-11, which replaced the Immigration Act of 1976 as the primary federal legislation regulating Immigration to Canada. that permit secret court hearings and indefinite jailing of foreigners suspected of terror ties, without charges. He was released two years later under strict bail conditions, which the federal court eased in February after ruling he no longer poses a serious threat to Canada as an alleged Al-Qaeda sleeper agent. "The case of Mr. Charkaoui has been very publicized, which obliges him to behave in an exemplary way. Similarly, if he was a sleeper agent nine years ago, it's obvious that he could no longer be such today given the massive media interest in him," Tremblay Lamer wrote in her February decision. 
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