28 Keeping secretsFreedom of information requests and critical security studies
Emily Gilbert
Introduction
In 2010, news emerged that the Canadian government was making cash payments to compensate victims who had been killed or injured by the Canadian armed forces in Afghanistan. Only a couple of media articles were published, but they revealed that $650,000 was paid out in 2008 and 2009. Almost no other details were forthcoming. The Canadian Department of Defence (DoD) explained that the information was classified for security reasons, to protect both the recipients of compensation and troops on the ground (Friscolanti 2011). I was intrigued. To whom were these payments being made? By whom? What was the rationale ...
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