Security Intelligence Review COmmittee
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CSIS gathered info on peaceful anti-oil groups, but only in pursuit of threats: watchdogCanada's spy service collected some information about peaceful anti-petroleum groups, but only incidentally in the process of investigating legitimate threats to projects such as oil pipelines, says a long-secret federal watchdog report.CanadaDec 18, 2018
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Feds criticized for wanting closed-door hearing on CSIS pipeline spying caseFederal lawyers want closed-door hearings in a high-profile court case about allegations of Canadian Security Intelligence Service spying on anti-pipeline activists.CanadaSep 27, 2018
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Spy agency ended right-wing probe just months before Quebec City mosque shootingCanada's spy agency ended its investigation of right-wing extremism 10 months before a gunman killed six worshippers at a Quebec City mosque, a new report reveals.CanadaJun 20, 2018
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CSIS may be illegally holding information about innocent people: spy watchdogAn October 2016 Federal Court decision said CSIS broke the law by keeping and analyzing electronic data about people who were not actually under investigation.CanadaJun 20, 2018
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Watchdog group accuses CSIS of spying on Northern Gateway protestsA civil liberties group says newly disclosed Canadian Security Intelligence Service records on protest surveillance bolster its formal complaint that spies went too far in eyeing environmental activists.PoliticsMar 26, 2015
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Jet-setting CSIS director racks up thousands in travel expensesCSIS director Michel Coulombe claimed tens of thousands of dollars in travel expenses in less than a year on the job, with no explanation of the spending.CanadaJan 26, 2015
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Do Canada’s law enforcement and intelligence agencies need more power?Tom Clark talks to former Liberal Defence Minister Jean-Jacques Blaisn and Chief Counsel of the Arar Inquiry Paul Cavalluzzo about whether our police need additional powers to stop terrorism.CrimeNov 2, 2014
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CSIS obstructed spy watchdog, report saysJust as the federal government is poised to boost the powers of the Canadian Security Intelligence Service, the national spy watchdog says it has had to push CSIS to hand over crucial information.CanadaOct 27, 2014
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CSIS scores poor marks in handling of Abdelrazik caseA review committee found the long-simmering Abdelrazik affair "did raise a number of concerns."CanadaOct 31, 2013
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