amy: that was monia mazigh, speaking on behalf of her husband maher arar.l be speaking with her in a moment. the royal canadian mounted police will now attempt to locate and extradite arar's alleged torturer, colonel george salloum. a canada-wide warrant and interpol notice have reportedly been issued for his arrest. canada's decision to pursue torture charges in maher's case may open the door to further such prosecutions, including of u.s. government officials. in 2010, maher arar appeared on democracy now! and described what happened to him. >> is a long story, but i was basically stopped at jfk airport and i was told it was a routine procedure. eventually, a team of fbi and new york police showed up and started asking me questions. they had always told me i was not a suspect. the questioning lasted for many, many hours on end and eventually, i was arrested. i was not told why. i spent that night at the airport. i could not sleep. the next day they asked me to go to syria in a refused. i was taken to induce see where i was spend days. basically took me in