Reply #2: Steve'd love to tell you, but he can't. National security, y'unnerstand.

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Harper refuses to discuss Afghan detainees as controversy rages

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Stephen Harper repeatedly refused to explain Monday what Canada is doing with its prisoners in Afghanistan as he was pounded with questions about the government's mysterious detainee policy.

Harper described the issue as a matter of national security, leaving opposition politicians scratching their heads as they pointed out that Canadians know far more about U.S. prisoners than they do about their own.

One human-rights lawyer has described the issue as a matter of national embarrassment - not national security.

But Harper stuck to his guns....

http://canadianpress.google.com/article/ALeqM5gre0xJs-H6iDU7bLMdV3Na_FT3jQ