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Canada’s Moral Dilemma: Torture by CSIS – a crisis in democracy

It’s just like “The Stasi” treated dissidents, except this human rights abuse is happening in Canada today. Some call it no-touch torture. The Stasi called it Zerzetsen. In an article about the torture of a Canadian citizen at the behest of CSIS in the Sudan, The...

Human Rights Ignored by Canadian Intelligence Agency (CSIS) Khadr

Omar Khadr, a Canadian citizen, is the only Westerner still held at Guantanamo Bay,  He was captured on the battle field and is accused with the murder of a US soldier. The Government of Canada has been...

Canada to Collect Biometric Data from Visitors of All Countries

Richard Fadden, the soon-to-be head of the Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS), recently announced that Canada will soon collect biometric data--such as fingerprints and photos for face recognition--on visitors entering the country from all over the world. Currently...

High court reprimands Canadian Security Intelligence Service over policy of d...

The Canadian Security Intelligence Service has been scolded by the Supreme Court of Canada for destroying classified evidence related to a Montreal man accused of having links to terrorism."However, the court in Ottawa unanimously decided Thursday that it will not halt the...

Canadian Family Rejects Terror Label

OpinionBarry Artiste, Now Public ContributorYou know if Momin Khawaja were a teen, some could attribute the terrorism link to youthful idiocy, though still a teen knows right from wrong.  In this case it is a...

Alleged bomb plot leader 'A few Fries Short of a Happy Meal': informant

A mole working for CSIS and the RCMP inside a would-be terrorist group called the alleged leader 'a few fries short of a Happy Meal' during the trial against a youth accused in connection with an alleged 2006 plot.While the mole says the mastermind had some crazy ideas, he...

Court says no to CSIS wiretaps overseas

Does anyone but me see the stupidy in the actions of CSIS in this?How in any right mind would Canada or any Court in Canada have the right or jurisdiction to authorize such an action.Is this the mindset of CSIS?  If this is the case, I pitty Canada.

Canada: Alleged Jihadist Informs CSIS, Montreal a Hotbed for Terrorist Recrui...

OpinionBarry Artiste, Now Public ContributorWell this information given by alleged Jihadist Mr.Charkaoui to CSIS, our Canadian Security Intelligence Service certainly disputes our previous Liberal Governments...

CSIS suspected U.S. would deport Arar to be tortured: documents

For those who have been following the case of Maher Arar, it has now been revealed that  Canadian intelligence officials knew that Arar was likely to be tortured if he was deported to Jordan. ""I think the U.S. would like to get Arar to Jordan where they can have their...

Day seeks security powers

"The federal government plans to try to revive the extraordinary anti-terror police powers of "investigative hearings" and "preventive arrest" as part of a series of major security initiatives. The initiatives...

Cover Up

"The ex Supreme Court Justice John Major's appointed by Harper to conduct a public hearing into the Air India F.U. has discovered that like the Arar Inquiry the State has marshelled all their forces in a united front called National Security. The RCMP, CSIS, Foreign...

Harper Cops Out

"Despite the cash settlement and the official apology from the New Government of Canada, it wasn't our fault it was that other government, what Harper would not do is clean house in the RCMP and CSIS of those who are directly responsible for what happened to Arar."

MacKay Gets Personal With Rice

"It's still a cougar twink relationship between Peter MacKay and Condi Rice. He begged, she relented. US Homeland Security secretary reviewing Arar case She just didn't show him their evidence. Naive...

Paranoia and the Security State

"So why did the Arar affair happen? Because the State is paranoid, and the most paranoid of the State's apparatchicks are the police, especially the 'secret police', or official 'state police'. Those who protect secrets and weed out secret conspiracies...

Tories Fail Arar

"Arar considered threat to US, Wilkins says CTV.ca So much for Conservative White House buddy buddy diplomacy."

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