CSIS, CSE And The Rise of the Canadian Surveillance, Security State
October 10, 2009 - 10:16am
Court Lets Canadian Spies Snoop on Targets Overseas
http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/article/706619--court-lets-canadian-s...
"Canadian spies have gained new powers to eavesdrop on so-called homegrown terrorism suspects travelling overseas, in a court ruling that opens a small window onto the world of high-tech international espionage.."
The Surveillance State: Mind Your Tweets - EU Building Social Networking Surveillance System:
http://antifascist-calling.blogspot.com/2009/10/mind-your-tweets-cia-and...
"researchers on both sides of the Atlantic are busy as proverbial bees building a "total information" surveillance state.."
Saying No to CSIS - by Tim McSorley
http://www.dominionpaper.ca/articles/4338
"Nearly 70 groups across Canada have joined a campaign to no longer co-operate with the work of Canada's national spy agency and are calling for others to join them.
Coalition groups are urging that their members not interact with CSIS agents should they be approached. This includes answering questions or even listening to what the agents have to say.
Legally, Canadian citizens can refuse to speak or even listen to CSIS agents; for others, the coalition suggests only interacting with CSIS with a lawyer present..."
please pass word of this important initiative on for progressive organizations to endorse and support. Stop collaborating in their police state now.
Government Tells Spies to Use Possible Torture Info in 'Exceptional' Cases - by Jim Bronskill
http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/canada/breakingnews/government-tells-sp...
"The federal government has directed Canada's spy agency to use information that may have been extracted through torture in cases where public safety is at stake. It drew swift condemnation from Amnesty International Canada, which said information obtained under torture 'has no place in the justice system, full stop.'
The directive from [Minister] Toews expands upon a May 2009 ministerial order that states CSIS must not knowingly rely upon information derived from torture, and have measures in place to identify such tainted information."
can't be much space left between using it and making it happen...
Canada Pulls Out of NATO Surveillance Project
http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/story/2012/02/09/pol-canada-nato-allianc...
"...The system will allow NATO to perform surveillance over wide areas from 'high altitudes', long edurance, unmanned aerial platforms operating at considerable stand-off distances and in any weather or light conditions.' NATO said the surveillance system will help monitor weapons of mass destruction and military force build-ups, evacuation operations, CIVIL UNREST and anti-piracy.
Canada entered into an agreement on satellite surveillance and communications last month. The agreement with the US and Australia gives Canada access to secure communications, surveillance and UAV's."
Coming Soon to a Sky Near You Canada
Drones Over US Get OK By Congress
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2012/feb/7/coming-to-a-sky-near-you/
"The agency predicts that 30,000 drones could be in the nation's skies by 2020.."
More Determined than Ever: Justice For Mohamed Harkat
http://www.justiceforharkat.com/news.php
"Sign our new Statement Against Security Certificates"
http://www.harkatstatement.com
Abolish the Security Certificate in Canada!
Tories on E-Snooping: 'Stand With Us or With the Child Pornographers'
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/john-ibbotson/tories-one-e-...
'The bill will require Internet service providers to store and to make available to the government and police forces information on the Internet activity of their customers...the bill would also permit them to obtain IP addresses, email addresses, mobile phone numbers and other information without a warrant.."
A Licence to Snoop
http://www.nationalpost.com/opinion/licence+snoop/6148203/story.html
"...Public Safety Minister Vic Toews has placed the Conservatives' so-called 'lawful access' legislation - which they've been trying to pass since 2009 - on the House of Commons Order Paper. If it becomes law, the bill will give the government unprecedented access to Canadians' online activities, by allowing police to collect the personal information of Internet users - including names, addresses and phone numbers - without having to go through the cumbersome process of obtaining a warrant beforehand.
In order to gain access to these intimate details, the government will force Internet service providers to install costly monitoring equipment on their networks. The law would also make it much easier for police to force telecommunication companies to retain information on their customers and to enable tracking devices on mobile phones.
This type of legislation takes us one step closer to George Orwell's dystopian vision of a totalitarian state that keeps the citizens under constant surveillance..."
Jeez, it's Orwellian for sure. Next up we'll be hav'n U.S.-style fusion centres in every province and territory and databases for every Canadian. The Stasi weren't capable of invading everyones privacy like this.
Conservative Bill C-30 Will Let Police Spy on Canadians Online
http://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorialopinion/article/1131446--conserv...
"...Online, people are saying they're ashamed to be Canadian. I'm not ashamed. I'm frightened."
Bye, Bye Privacy
http://rt.com/usa/news/bye-Canada-bill-internet-335/
"Move over, SOPA and say your prayers PIPA. There's a new bill in the works that, if passed, will pull the plug on how the internet is used in Canada. Lawmakers in the Great White North are debating a bill that will pulverize what's left of online privacy for Canucks..."
Online Surveillance Bill Backed By Police Chiefs
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/story/2012/02/20/bc-polic...
"Canada's top cops defended the federal government's proposed law that would help investigators track people's online communications, at a news conference in Vancouver Monday. Both the Canadian Association of Chiefs of Police and the Canadian Police Association say they endorse Bill-C30, a controversial online surveillance bill."
Making up ‘Terror Identities’: security intelligence, Canada’s Integrated Threat Assessment Centre and social movement suppression
See U.S. Fusion Centres 2009
It is currently unknown how many military intelligence analysts are stationed at fusion centers, what their roles are and whether or not they are engaged in domestic surveillance.
Fusion Centres! "Al-Qaeda" "Multi-issue Extremism" "Aboriginal Extremism"
WTF?
How To Remove Your Google Search History Before Google's New Privacy Policy Takes Effect
Democracy should more appropriately be referred to as corporatism because it is a merger of state and corporate power. - Eric Schmidt, Google CEO
Surprise Visits To People At Work A 'Legitimate Strategy': Spy Agency - by Jim Bronkskill
http://winnipegfreepress.com/canada/surprise-visits-to-people-at-work-a-...
"..It's a strategy to make people feel uncomfortable and to coerce them into speaking to CSIS. It's about catrching people off guard and unsettling them. They know it causes fear in people and that's precisely why they do it. People are suddenly viewed differently by colleagues after receiving a visit from CSIS at work.."
The NSA Is Building The Country's Biggest Spy Center (Watch What You Say) - by James Bamford
http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2012/03/ff_nsadatacenter/all/1
"...The former NSA official held his thumb and forefinger close together: 'we are that far from a turnkey totalitarian state. Everybody's a target. Everybody with communication is a target..."