The press release from the U.S. Department of Justice was terse. It was not self-congratulatory.

For a Canadian bombarded with daily examples of the insanity of our own justice and immigration systems, it was refreshing, even inspiring.

On second thought, it was depressing to think how staggeringly high the threshold is in Canada to boot arch-criminals, terrorists and their sympathizers.

Appeals can last for years, with ridiculous reasoning for allowing them. Not so in the U.S.

On Friday, the DOJ released a master list of recent criminals and terrorists who have been extradited to face justice in their countries of origin or who have been returned to the U.S.

One of those torpedoed was a Pakistani native and erstwhile Canadian citizen, Tahawwur Hussain Rana, 64. Who, you ask?

Well, Rana is a convicted terrorist.

Now, the U.S. has sent him to India to stand trial on 10 criminal charges stemming from his alleged role in the horrific 2008 terrorist attacks in Mumbai. That sickening slaughter at the behest of Pakistan and its terrorist proxies claimed the lives of more than 160 people and wounded hundreds more.

Pakistan is distancing itself from its native son and insists that Rana is a Canadian. He never attempted to renew his Pakistani citizenship, they say.

Rana had been a military doctor in his home country’s army, where he met Mumbai attack co-conspirator David........

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