CSIS must do more to prevent insiders from stealing secrets: watchdog
Security Intelligence Review Committee says it found shortcomings in the spy service's training, investigation and record-keeping practices
View ArticleCanada's spies hope to follow you on Twitter
For years, they've been following you. Now is your chance to follow the spies, the Canadian Security Intelligence Service said on Wednesday.
View ArticleNDP MP will table bill to repeal C-51, says Liberals are dragging feet on reform
NDP public safety critic Randall Garrison says the security legislation known as Bill C-51 severely compromised the rights of Canadians while doing little to improve safety.
View ArticleCSIS broke law by keeping sensitive metadata, Federal Court rules
It is the second time in three years the spy agency has felt the wrath of the court.
View ArticleFederal government needs help tackling cyberthreats, internal report warns
The Canadian government is "simply not up to the overall challenge" of fending off cyberthreats on its own, warns a federally commissioned report.
View ArticleRCMP and CSIS investigate who is spying on Ottawa phones
Someone in Ottawa was using a device that mimics a cell phone tower to spy on any user that unwittingly connects to the network, gaining access to data and phone calls on the person's device.
View ArticleSpy data centre's use of security assessment info troubles privacy czar: letters
In a newly released reply to CSIS, the privacy commissioner’s office expressed concern about possible use of security assessment information for purposes other than immigration or job clearances.
View ArticleAccused in naval spy case presses for info on CSIS wiretaps of Chinese Embassy
A naval engineer accused of trying to spy for Beijing is asking a federal judge for full access to information about Canadian Security Intelligence Service wiretaps of the Chinese Embassy.
View ArticleSpies in our midst: RCMP and CSIS snoop on green activists
The RCMP, CSIS and other federal departments and agencies are engaging in massive espionage of opponents to resource development
View ArticleRCMP created metadata-crunching tool to glean criminal intelligence
The RCMP created, then abandoned, a tool to crunch electronic message trails gathered during criminal investigations — a previously unknown foray into the controversial realm of big-data analysis.
View ArticleTrudeau tabs career security official to head Canada's spy agency
David Vigneault, a senior government official with experience at several federal security agencies, will be the next head of the Canadian Security Intelligence Service.
View ArticleCanada's spies collude with the energy sector
RCMP and CSIS supply oil industry with intelligence they collect on activists
View ArticleFive Eyes spies, ministers to discuss digital terror tactics at Ottawa meeting
The secret sessions follow a spate of terrorist attacks in England that underscore the international alliance's concerns about the threat of homegrown extremism.
View ArticleTorture, detention would be forbidden CSIS disruption tactics under new bill
The Liberal government's new security bill adds torture, detention and serious destruction of property that would endanger a life to the list of things CSIS cannot do when disrupting terror plots.
View ArticleCanada's spy agency faces $35 million harassment, discrimination lawsuit
Canada's spy agency is facing questions about its workplace culture amid allegations that senior officials foster a prejudice and distrust for Muslims employees.
View ArticleAfter Charlottesville, Canada's spy agency expresses 'concern' about far-right
CSIS says it's concerned about groups and individuals who see violence as a legitimate form of political expression, including those who support right-wing extremism.
View ArticleIs bigotry blinding CSIS and the RCMP — to disastrous effect?
Is bigotry at CSIS and the RCMP leading to intelligence and human rights fiascos?
View ArticleTrudeau government taken to court over alleged spying during Harper years
The Trudeau government is being taken to court over alleged spying of environmentalists that occurred while the Harper government was in power.
View ArticleCSIS and RCMP accused of entrapping terrorism suspects
Massive resources are spent on uncovering terror threats, but are they going to investigate the right suspects?
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