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CSIS tapped phone despite order

Can you blame people if their response to this kind of news is cynicism? CSIS tapped phone despite order Agents violated solicitor-client privilege, recorded 171 calls involving accused terrorist By Andrew Duffy, The Ottawa Citizen…


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Secret evidence

Lifting the cover on Canada’s spy files Michelle Shephard writes for the Toronto Star: But beyond answering questions that have lingered for years about Khadr’s case, John’s testimony was a remarkable example of how the…



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Charkaoui is free

Judge formally strikes down security certificate against Charkaoui Charkaoui is a landed immigrant who was arrested in Montreal in 2003 under security-certificate legislation that allows Canada to expel foreign-born individuals if they are considered a…


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Courts and national security

Court lets Canadian spies snoop on targets overseas Joanna Smith writes for the Toronto Star: CSIS can spy on Canadians but could not do so beyond its borders. CSE can collect intelligence in foreign countries…



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Who pays when government wrongs

Abdelrazik sues Ottawa for $27-million For every breach of right, there should be a remedy. When government officials taint themselves with torture, it is taxpayers who pay the remedy. But maybe not just taxpayers… Paul…


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Ottawa abandons case against Charkaoui

Divisive terror law losing traction Can we trust secret evidence, often borrowed from foreign countries, to throw people out of Canada? Colin Freeze explains the security certificates: … federal ministers sign off on a certificate…


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Toronto bomb plotter sentenced

Toronto 18 member gets 14-year sentence A Mississauga man who confessed to being part of a homegrown terror plot aimed at blowing up buildings in downtown Toronto was sentenced today to 14 years, with credit…



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Abdelrazik seeks justice

Spy watchdog to probe CSIS conduct in Abdelrazik case The probe pulls the agency closer to the centre of the Abdelrazik controversy. A federal judge, in ordering Ottawa to bring Mr. Abdelrazik home from Sudan,…