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Iran is an ‘urgent’ nuclear threat: CSIS (5)

A Top Secret Canadian intelligence assessment has concluded that Iran is pursuing a nuclear weapons capability, adding weight to the growing international isolation of Tehran as UN inspectors push to investigate what Iran claims is a peaceful nuclear program. In … Continue reading

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Canada’s top spy watchdog resigns following National Post revelations

Arthur Porter, the chair of Canada’s spy review board, resigned on Thursday amid revelations of his business dealings with a notorious international lobbyist and his own close ties to the president of Sierra Leone. “Dr. Porter has submitted his resignation … Continue reading

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The company he keeps

The Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS), unlike the CIA or the Mossad, is not a high-profile organization. Many Canadians probably couldn’t name our national intelligence service, even by acronym, if asked. But its officers work hard every day to keep … Continue reading

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Toward a foreign spy service

In 1848, Lord Palmerston told the British House of Commons that England has no eternal friends and no eternal enemies, only eternal interests “and those interests it is our duty to follow.” Recently, our national interests were brought into focus … Continue reading

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Ottawa aware of foreign influence: sources (2)

Sources tell CBC News the highest levels of the Canadian government have known for years that foreign countries have been trying to win influence over Canadian politicians and public servants. That information comes a day after CSIS director Richard Fadden … Continue reading

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And Richard Fadden wants to be taken seriously (1)

Richard Fadden, the director of the Canadian Security Intelligence Service, has made himself look ridiculous on precisely the sort of national security issue about which he has, in the recent past, lectured the media and “opinion leaders” for failing to … Continue reading

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CSIS claim's timing under scrutiny (2)

National security experts are questioning the timing of a stunning CSIS claim that a number of Canadian politicians are under foreign influence. In an exclusive interview with the CBC News earlier this week, CSIS director Richard Fadden said that Canada’s … Continue reading

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