Spy agencies allowed to eavesdrop on Canadians abroad
“A race to investigate a pair of homegrown terrorism suspects who fled the country has opened the door for a new federal power: Giving Ottawa’s secretive foreign-intelligence eavesdropping agency the task of spying on Canadians abroad.
Nine months ago, counterterrorism agents held an urgent meeting with a Federal Court judge. Canadian Security Intelligence Service operatives explained they had been spying on two citizens whose chatter was so disturbing it amounted to a major threat. But once the suspects left the country, the wiretaps went dead.”
(Spy agencies allowed to eavesdrop on Canadians abroad – The Globe and Mail)
