That third party they talk about was likely Omar's lawyer so, I'm pretty sure that those two didn't miss out on their blood money windfall.
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The internal report, obtained through an access-to-information request, also shows that payment of the out-of-court settlement to Khadr was delayed by a day after public servants made a coding error that caused the transfer to be rejected by the Bank of Canada, through which the payment flowed to a bank account held by an unnamed third party.
But what bothers me even more is the fact that:
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“Norman appears to be the first person in Canadian history to be criminally prosecuted for a purported violation of Cabinet confidences,”
So in essence they happily gave money to a terrorist and went after a person who did the right thing. Admiral Norman took an oath that far supersedes any "Public Service’s Values and Ethics Code", or oath to a "cabinet and leader" that show themselves to be as disingenuous the current Liberals are showing themselves to be.