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CSIS still trumps the RCMP for national security – Our security intelligence agency looks to the future; our national police force is mired in the past
December 7, 2009 – 9:33 am | No Comment
CSIS still trumps the RCMP for national security – Our security intelligence agency looks to the future; our national police force is mired in the past

By Ron Atkey
There could not have been a starker contrast between the visions of our security intelligence agency and our national police force, described by Wesley Wark in The Globe and Mail last week (Post-9/11 …

TORONTO STAR EDITORIAL: Spy chief sings the blues
November 4, 2009 – 3:33 pm | No Comment
TORONTO STAR EDITORIAL: Spy chief sings the blues

TORONTO STAR EDITORIAL
Are Canadians soft on terror? In the eyes of the nation’s spy chief, Richard Fadden, there’s no doubt about it. The recently appointed director of the Canadian Security Intelligence Service fairly sang the …

CSIS head complains terrorism suspects are akin to “folk heroes”
November 4, 2009 – 2:29 pm | No Comment
CSIS head complains terrorism suspects are akin to “folk heroes”

By COLIN FREEZE
Canadians are blind to the threat posed by terrorists who publicly espouse their rights while privately believing in nothing but “nihilism and death,” Canada’s new spy chief says.
“We have a serious blind spot …

New CSIS director tees off on critics of anti-terrorism fight
November 4, 2009 – 2:19 pm | No Comment
New CSIS director tees off on critics of anti-terrorism fight

By Ian MacLeod
OTTAWA — In his first public speech, the new director of the Canadian Security Intelligence Service chastised those critical of Canada’s efforts to fight terrorism.
“Many of our opinion leaders have come to see …