intelligence gathering

Program That Asks Canadian Diplomats to Collect Sensitive Intelligence Abroad Risks Blowback: Intelligence Watchdog

Canada's intelligence watchdog says a program that has diplomats collecting sensitive information abroad runs the risk of blowback from foreign states. The National Security and Intelligence Review Agency warns that ...

December 20, 2023BY The Canadian Press
Note to Trudeau: Collected Intelligence Should Be Used Consistently

Commentary Those of us who worked in intelligence in Canada—I spent more than three decades between CSIS and ...

September 26, 2023BY Phil Gurski
When It Comes to the Trudeaus and Intelligence Activities, Like Father So Unlike Son

Commentary The world has seen a lot of father-son combos in various forms of governments over many millennia: ...

September 9, 2023BY Phil Gurski
CBP Is Using Sophisticated AI Tool to Monitor Americans’ Social Media Activity

U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) is using an artificial intelligence (AI) data collection tool to collect information ...

May 19, 2023BY Efthymis Oraiopoulos
Canada’s Spy Service Once Again Admonished by Court Over Duty of Candour

OTTAWA—A federal judge blames "institutional and systemic negligence" for the latest instance of Canada’s spy service failing to ...

September 1, 2021BY The Canadian Press
Inspector General Says Capitol Police Response to Jan. 6 Breach Was Obstructed by Senior Official

The inspector general of the Capitol Police has told lawmakers that the forces' response to the Jan. 6 attack ...

April 16, 2021BY Katabella Roberts
CSIS Mandate: Expand Scope to Allow Intel Gathering Abroad, Says Intelligence Expert

A court decision that nixed an effort by the Canadian Security Intelligence Service to expand its scope in ...

February 9, 2021BY Shane Miller