Canadian Spy Agencies Deliberately Misled Courts 62
Walking The Walk writes "Canada's spy agency deliberately withheld information from the courts in an effort to do an end-run around the law when it applied for top-secret warrants to intercept the communications of Canadians abroad, a Federal Court judge said Friday. CSIS assured Judge Richard Mosley the intercepts would be carried out from inside Canada, and controlled by Canadian government personnel, court records show. However, Canadian officials then asked for intercept help from foreign intelligence allies without telling the court. 'It is clear that the exercise of the court's warrant issuing has been used as protective cover for activities that it has not authorized,' Mosley wrote in redacted reasons."
And as usual... (Score:5, Insightful)
And as usual no individuals will be held personally accountable for this. Perhaps a general censure will occur, or a mocking speech stating that they didn't do anything wrong thinly veiled as an apology.
Canadians often mock America but it seems that you guys have achieved banana republic status too.
It's time for criminal charges (Score:5, Insightful)
What we have seen for the last couple of months is avoidance, avoidance and spiting on national laws.
It's time for those people knowingly engaging in criminal behavior to face charges. If we not react now, they will feel more and more powerful.
NSA *DID* lie to the Congress ! (Score:5, Insightful)
This is more like if the NSA misled the FISA courts
Sorry, NSA did lie to the Congress.
NSA's director James Clapper, when testified, under oath, to the Congressional Oversight Committee, LIED.
http://www.theverge.com/2013/12/19/5228672/lawmakers-slam-intelligence-chief-james-clapper-for-lying-to-congress [theverge.com]
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/jun/18/rand-paul-clapper-lying-nsa-surveillance?guni=Network%20front:network-front%20main-3%20Main%20trailblock:Network%20front%20-%20main%20trailblock:Position2:sublinks [theguardian.com]