News Analysis As the “two Michaels” departed China for Canada on the evening of Sept. 24, not only their families but millions of Canadians were relieved to finally have the men safely back home. Besides that, very little is known about the facts surrounding a decision by the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) to allow Huawei chief financial officer Meng Wanzhou avoid extradition and a criminal trial and get off with a deferred prosecution agreement (DPA), which ended with Meng and Canadians Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor returning to their respective countries at nearly the same time. “There are so many different interests involved, from national security, to high finance, to geopolitical considerations, that if you’re trying to figure out what happened it’s like walking in a heavy fog where you can’t see more than an inch in front of your nose,” Marc Ruskin, a 27-year veteran of the FBI, …
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