in february 2003, gould and an official from the canadian security intelligence service were allowed to interrogate american-held canadian teenager omar khadr themselves. the presence of gould, who brought khadr a big mac value meal, allowed the government to claim that the purpose of the visit was "to ascertain khadr's well-being", while his attorney nate whitling argued that "foreign affairs is suggesting that the visit was actually for (khadr's) benefit, but this is not the case". his attorneys then sought a federal court injunction to prevent csis from interrogating their client in the future. the following month, a briefing from the foreign affairs department summarised gould's findings stating that khadr was a "thoroughly `screwed up' young man. all those persons who have been in positions of authority over him have abused him and his trust, for their own purposes."