On May 17, 2000, Solicitor General Lawrence MacAulay signed a security certificate calling for Mahjoub's detention on the basis of a Security Intelligence Report provided to him. On June 12, Elinor Caplan, Minister of Citizenship and Immigration, provided the necessary second signature. He was arrested either June 12 or July 7.
On May 17, 2000, Solicitor General Lawrence MacAulay signed a security certificate to detain Mahjoub under the authority of a Security Intelligence Report. On June 12, Elinor Caplan, Minister of Citizenship and Immigration, added her signature. Mahjoub was arrested on either June 12 or July 7.