Former federal employee sues RCMP over arrest for alleged leak

A former federal government contract employee is suing the RCMP for arresting him and leading him, handcuffed, out of an Environment Canada building in Ottawa in May 2007. Jeff Monaghan has launched a civil suit seeking $50,000 in damages and a declaration that his charter rights were violated when he was arrested on the last day of his contract, interrogated and then released without charges, he said in a news... [read full story]