I'd like to start by thanking the people here and those who are not who have been the victims of the failures that we're talking about today for their courage to come forward, and say how profoundly sorry I am that Mr. Elmaati, Mr. Almalki, Mr. Nureddin, and Mr. Arar went through the terrible ordeal they went through.
Je tiens d'abord à remercier les victimes du fiasco dont il est question aujourd'hui, celles qui sont ici et les autres, d'avoir eu le courage de briser le silence. Je suis sincèrement désolé de savoir que M. Elmaati, M. Almalki, M. Nureddin et M. Arar aient eu à subir de pareils traitements.