Grounding of Air India bombing recommendations disappoints inquiry head
Topics: RCMP, CSIS & CSE, Air India disasterRating: 2 Jim Bronskill – March 2, 2011OTTAWA — The judge who led an exhaustive inquiry into the 1985 Air India bombing is puzzled and disappointed the...
View ArticleKey CSIS, RCMP operative denounced to U.S.: WikiLeaks
Topics: USA, RCMP, CSIS & CSE, Wikileaks, National securityRating: 0Crown’s star witness in Toronto 18 trial named to U.S. as conspirator Neil Macdonald – May 19, 2011Mubin Shaikh stared at his own...
View ArticleCSIS adds its own mole to terror list
Topics: USA, RCMP, CSIS & CSE, Wikileaks, National securityRating: 3 Thomas Walkom – May 19, 2011Talk about nuts. We know that our security services are still passing on to Washington the names of...
View ArticleFor soldiers and spies, whistle-blowing remains a risky business
Topics: CSIS & CSE, National Defence, National securityRating: 4 Colin Freeze – June 15, 2011Five years after Parliament ordered federal departments to protect whistle-blowers “as soon as...
View ArticleNational Security Whistleblowers
Topics: Whistleblowers, Foreign Affairs, CSIS & CSE, Richard Colvin, Afghanistan, National securityRating: 0 June 16, 2011 Canadian security agents have come forward in the past in hope of exposing...
View ArticleCanada’s spy watchdog’s questionable $200,000 deal
Topics: CSIS & CSE, Conflict of interest, Privy Council Office (PCO), Appointments process, Watchdogs, Prime Ministers Office (PMO)Rating: 0Brian Hutchinson – November 8, 2011The head of Canada’s...
View ArticleSpy review board chief offered me job: Senator
Topics: CSIS & CSE, Conflict of interest, Watchdogs, Prime Ministers Office (PMO)Rating: 0Brian Hutchinson – November 8, 2011The federally appointed chairman of Canada’s spy review board and...
View ArticleCanada’s top spy watchdog resigns following revelations
Topics: CSIS & CSE, Conflict of interest, Watchdogs, Prime Ministers Office (PMO)Rating: 0Kathryn Blaze Carlson and Brian Hutchinson – November 10, 2011Arthur Porter, the chair of Canada’s spy...
View ArticleExperts say spy case could be damaging
Topics: RCMP, CSIS & CSE, National security, EspionageRating: 0Murray Brewster and Jim Bronskill – January 17, 2012The Harper government hunkered down Tuesday in an attempt to weather an unfolding...
View ArticleSnoop and spy is already here, thanks to Liberals
Topics: CSIS & CSE, Privacy, State surveillance, Civil rightsRating: 0Andrew Mitrovica – February 17, 2012By any political measure it has been a pitiful and, to some extent, humbling week for the...
View ArticleOpinion: The truth about spy services
Topics: Espionage, CSIS & CSERating: 0Andrew Mitrovica – October 8, 2012I have more faith in my basement to protect my family and me from a terror attack than I have in any so-called intelligence...
View ArticleFormer Canadian spy watchdog sought in corruption probe
Topics: Corruption, CSIS & CSE, Construction industryRating: 3Brian Daly – February 27th, 2013Dr. Arthur Porter, former head of Canada's spy watchdog, is one of five men facing arrest for alleged...
View ArticleArthur Porter says he is too ill to travel to face Quebec fraud allegations
Topics: Corruption, Quebec, Construction industry, CSIS & CSERating: 3Jeff Todd And David McFadden – February 28, 2013Arthur Porter, the former head of Canada’s spy watchdog, says he has late,...
View ArticleFormer CSIS watchdog boss arrested in Panama
Topics: National security, CSIS & CSE, CorruptionRating: 3May 27, 2013Police have begun extradition proceedings for the former head of the McGill University Health Centre. Arthur Porter and his...
View ArticleCanada slow to protect whistleblowing spies, soldiers
Topics: National security, CSIS & CSE, WhistleblowersRating: 0Amber Hildebrandt – June 17, 2013Six years after Canada's three most secretive agencies were supposed to set up a way to protect...
View ArticleHow Canada’s shadowy metadata-gathering program went awry
Topics: CSIS & CSEC, National security, State surveillance, PrivacyRating: 3Colin Freeze – June 15, 2013A week ago, most Canadians were unlikely to have heard of Communications Security...
View ArticleSpy agencies have turned our digital lives inside out
Topics: CSIS & CSEC, National security, State surveillance, PrivacyRating: 3Ronald Deibert – June 10, 2013Social networking, cloud computing and mobile connectivity have together fundamentally...
View ArticleBig Brother really is watching — and listening
Topics: State surveillance, Privacy, CSIS & CSEC, Regulatory oversightRating: 3Andrew Mitrovica – Jun 11, 2013Connect the dots. That’s the clichéd adage often associated with espionage. Spies are...
View ArticleVic Toews’ Child Porn Bill Would Have Allowed NSA-Style Spying In Canada: Geist
Topics: State surveillance, CSIS & CSEC, PrivacyRating: 0August 6, 2013A controversial bill that would have given the federal government greater power to track Canadians online included a provision...
View ArticleCanadians may be victims of illicit spying
Topics: CSIS & CSEC, State surveillance, Privacy, Regulatory oversight, WatchdogsRating: 3Lee Berthiaume & Jason Fekete – August 22, 2103Canada’s super-secret electronic spy agency may have...
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