Troubled by his posts online that praised Isis and his correspondence with militants plotting attacks around the world, Canadian officials began watching Aaron Driver in 2014. They soon went one step further, imposing a strict set of restrictions including reporting regularly to police and staying off social media. One possible explanation is that US law enforcement officials simply have more resources than Canadian agencies, Boisvert said. But court-imposed conditions left him in a small town, cut off from the only community he felt he belonged to. The mosque attended by Driver in London, Ontario, said its members made efforts to engage Driver with the aim of changing his perspective.

Source: The Guardian August 13, 2016 12:00 UTC