with Khadr in 1998. Project C-O meanwhile put Abdelrahman, the younger brother of Mohamad Elzahabi working as a mechanic in Montreal, "under a microscope". Ontario Provincial Police officers were also tasked to help the Federal police agency. Actions The Ottawa office, under the control of Cpl. Randal Walsh, Garry Clement and Supt. Mike Cabana, quickly moved from providing assistance to their Toronto colleagues, and began conducting their own investigations focusing primarily on Abdullah Almalki and Ahmad Abou El Maati. When Almalki met with telecommunications engineer Maher Arar at the Mango Cafe shawarma restaurant in Ottawa to discuss local doctors and printer cartridges, officers clandestinely acquired his 1997 lease agreement from Minto Developments Inc., and saw that he had listed Almalki as an emergency contact. He was subsequently placed under surveillance by Project A-O, and his name added to a Canada Customs "terrorist lookout list", although it was later determined there was no evidence to support such an action. In January 2002, Cpl. Randy Walsh received search warrants to raid seven homes, although later analysis suggested that if he had been honest about their evidence before the judge, the warrants would not have been granted. A publication ban initially prevented the media from reporting the identities of those targeted, although later reports confirmed which buildings had been searched. The Ottawa home of Abdullah Almalki The Ottawa home of Almalki's sales manager at work The Ottawa home of Almalki's brother Nazih The Toronto home of Ahmed Khadr, although he hadn't been home to Canada in more than a year The Toronto home of Ahmad El-Maati, who was already in a Syrian prison The Montreal home of Mohamad Elzahabi's brother Abdelrahman The Montreal home and business of Ibrahym Adam, the mechanic who gave el-Maati a job. In addition, while they lacked a warrant to search his house, officers visited Arar to discover he was overseas. When he returned, he agreed to discussions with a lawyer present, but the RCMP found the requirement too "stringent" and did not follow up. In April 2002, Project A-O sent American officials their complete files without any limits on its use or "regard for the rights of citizens", leading to tension between RCMP headquarters and the anti-terrorism project. The Americans later used faxes detailing the sale of walkie talkies seized at Almalki's house in the raid as evidence in their trial against Mohamad Elzahabi. In August, after Almalki