Canada's own sloppy counter-terrorism led to latest $31M payout

Recent news that the federal government settled for $31.25 million with three Canadian men falsely accused of terrorist links, imprisoned, and tortured overseas, was met with some public backlash. Social media comments include variations on “waste of taxpayer money,” “wouldn’t mind a little torture for $10 million,” or “why should Canada pay for a foreign country’s actions?” 
To its credit, the federal government apologized to the three men, w