HORSE. BARN DOOR. And, er, a part of the horse:

CANADA’S attorney general is probing possible breaches of a publication ban set up to protect explosive testimony at the AdScam inquiry. Justice spokesman Patrick Charette said federal lawyers are looking into the Internet sites reproducing excerpts of Montreal ad exec Jean Brault’s testimony and providing a link to a U.S. blog featuring more extensive coverage of the hearing.

“We have to decide what the best course of action is,” Charette said, adding federal lawyers could charge Canadian bloggers and website owners with contempt of court or suggest AdScam Justice John Gomery issue warning letters.

(Via Capt. Ed, whom Canadians have nearly silenced by overloading his website with readers.)

Meanwhile, in the catching-actually-dangerous-people department, the Canadians don’t seem to be doing so well:

Auditor General Sheila Fraser has delivered a hard-hitting report criticizing Canada’s anti-terrorism initiatives.

Fraser says there are “serious weaknesses” in the country’s emergency response and airport security screening systems. . . .

“It’s as if 9/11 never happened,” reports CTV’s Mike Duffy in Ottawa. “This is a damning indictment of a lackadaisical approach, and it couldn’t come at a worse time,” he says, referring to new border security measures the U.S. will announce today for Canadians wanting to travel south of the border.

“Their embassy will be reading this report and shaking its head saying, ‘these guys really don’t get it,'” says Duffy.

At the risk of interfering, I suggest that fixing these problems should probably be a higher priority.