OTTAWA – In a major test of the country’s new secrecy-shrouded special advocate regime, the Federal Court has quashed an “unreasonable” security certificate and condemned Canada’s spy agency for failing to voluntarily disclose secret evidence …

By Thomas Walkom
Another of Ottawa’s national security claims has proved bogus. For more than seven years, the federal government and its security bureaucrats insisted that alleged terrorist Hassan Almrei so threatened Canada that he had …

If you don’t have the opportunity to read the Federal Court ruling (which is really worth reading), you might be interested by this summary analysis prepared by Matthew Behrens.
The link to the actual …

By JIM BRONSKILL and SUE BAILEY

OTTAWA — The federal government has launched a sweeping review of a crumbling anti-terrorist law, acknowledging the system needs fixing, The Canadian Press has learned.
“We are working on it …

A decision was issued this morning by the Honourable Richard Mosley of the Federal Court in file DES-3-08:
IN THE MATTER OF Hassan Almrei
Summary: On February 22, 2008, the Minister of Public Safety and …

By Tonda MacCharles
The reputation and credibility of CSIS, Canada’s spy agency, is on the line Monday.
Defended by director Jim Judd as “the most reviewed” intelligence agency in the world, CSIS suddenly finds itself under …

Michelle Shephard
NATIONAL SECURITY REPORTER
For two hours each day, Hassan Almrei sits tethered to an electrical outlet as he charges the clunky GPS bracelet permanently affixed to his right ankle. He can’t let …