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Canadian Security Intelligence Service - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (582 words) |
 | The Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS) is a civilian intelligence agency of Canada's federal government that collects, monitors and analyses information that may affect national security. |
| Prior to the establishment of CSIS, the RCMP, which is Canada's federal police service, was responsible for intelligence and counterintelligence activities. |
| Security Liaison Officers (SLOs) of CSIS are posted at Canadian embassies and consulates to gather security-related intelligence from other nations. |
| BCCLA Position Paper: McDonald Commission, 1978 (4052 words) |
| Merely to say that the Security Service felt it was driven to the disclosed activities by a threat to security is not evidence that the threat existed, nor that the measures used were necessary to meet it. |
| Rather, we see a Security Service that has grown out of all proportion to the threats that can reasonably be said to exist, and one whose excessive zeal has led it to act in ways seriously threatening to the rights and freedoms that the people of this nation are supposed to possess. |
| By failing to focus on what security measures are appropriate to Canada, and in effect condoning excessive police behavior without judging its necessity, the federal government has paved the way for public acceptance of illegal acts by the security service and for public support of unwarranted expansion of RCMP security powers. |
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