matt calgary wrote: "He only had a minor charter violation by Canadian agents, something worthy of a few hundred bucks."

With all the reading you did, you may have missed that the Supreme Court of Canada concluded that the charter violation by Canadian officials: "offends the most basic Canadian standards about the treatment of detained youth suspects ... we conclude on the record before us that Canada’s active participation in what was at the time an illegal regime has contributed and continues to contribute to Mr. Khadr’s current detention" 

~ unanimous 2010 decision of the Supreme Court of Canada