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TO.

PRO ENQUIRY

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IS

the CSlS responsrl to t} , recent Parliamentary Budget Officer enquiry (PBO

Information

of

your department. we art: our

response

th

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Sa

fety any classified infonnation in

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staff who may

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Canadian Security

Intelligence Service

Mme. Sonia L Heureux

Dircctrice parlementaire du budget par mtenm

Bibliotheque du Parlement

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Ottawa (Ontario)

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Apn125. 201 3

Mr . Richard Fadden

Director

Canadian

Sec

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North Tower. Room

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1 Ogilvie Road

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held

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Sonia

L Heureux

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C;uu diill l Security St-rl in l illlJJil n dll

Inte lligence r

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Director - Directcm

MEMOR l\DUM TO TH[

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C.,nadi.an Securitv

Intelligence Service

MEMORANDUM TO THE MINISTER

SIRC REVIEW OF CSIS INVOLVEMENT IN THE ABDELMZIK CASE

'RO 'ROC

BACKGROUNP,

"ICC 80 alJ)-

In

June 201),

he sec..

compleled

ilS

,view

oflhe

Service s

the

review involved an

examination of tile

the

final report

foeuse

d

on

Ibe

period

belwee

SIRe assessed as being

the most important with respect this case,

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After exam

ining the

SelVice sharing acti

and

the advice provided

to the Government

the

Service of

any

role

in

trying to have Abdclrazik detained or

am::sted in

Sudan.

and

the

in

volvement of the

Goe

in

the

Abdelrazik situation extends

well

beyond the Service to IIlclude

several othel'

federal

depanmenls and agencies,

SIRe did criticize some aspects oftbe Service's handling

of

this maller, points which

the

Service

has contested in its response to SIRe's draft report. SIR e did not, however,accepl the Service s

argummts will not significantly alter its final report. It plans to publish an unclassified

summ on its -website in the coming months. Our expectation is that a redacted

version also be eventually released through an Access

to

lnjormalion Act

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Former to review this matter in 2009 to counter

case.

The

review

was

delayed

when

0,

0j brough

hi s case to

the

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While the Service

recognizes

that SIRe

has an

important

role

to

play

in examining we are concerned that the language

in

the review could give the impression

thaI

the Service went

beyond

SlRe also contended that PI?

P ?o

eSls shou l

more

infonnation

to

OF IT and bener

coordinated its efforts

that

the review

concluded

that

:S-V1SS- Ss 1 0

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Service and

DFAlT

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each of\hese instances,

the - IIE'Jlled of

the

facts and

expressed

the concern that the questl

lri

reader

s to

draw

negalive

conclm;ions about the

Servke

, Unfonuna ely in

man

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of

these ' stances, SIRC has chosen to 0

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c,c. National Security Advisor

c.c.

Deputy Minister, Public Safety

lbis 00c:1IIIICM

cODstitutcs. recor4 whicll

may

be subject to

n-.noilJory

exemption

IIIWkf the

Acuss /0 ,0f'1NIOOIr

ct

or 1he

Ad. The

irafonn&tion f

intcfli&eDcc may abo

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C.,n dilln Securi ly

Int elli

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MEMOR NDUM

TO THE MINIST[R

CANADA DAY TF RRORISM ARRESTS

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SE RET

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Interim irector


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Canadian Security

InleUigence Service

Minister

of

Public Safety

269 Laurier Avenue West

Ottawa, Ontario

KIAOPS

Dear Minister:

f

PI?

Congratulations and welcome 10 Public Safety Canada (PSC).

This letter provides an overview oflhe'm.n&al , and priorities ofthe eanadian

Security Intelligence [am also available 10 provide you

wi'h

more detailed

" \ curmt. \hlql1 of Canada, and .he l


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increasingly brouiht before the couns in civil and ing serious concerns about

the disclosure of sensitive information). ISIOIv.

$812 0

lee

SO,. 8 y

The

principal duly

and funclion

as

Act.

is 10 collect intelligence on activities that ma

y,

constituting a threat

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the security of

Canada.

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threats. SC\:lion 2

of

the Act defmes

threalS

to the sec:uril sm

of

vio

lence for the purpose of achieving a political, religiousJ?lj espionage,

'If

clandestine

foreign

interference. subversion oftbe Canadian ....

tt;..a&b

sabotage. Over time the Servicc' s mandalc has

been

broadly interpret&JtqJ9.;e

tJdO

threats 10 the

security

of canada, such as proliferatioo ofweapons of mass

security and mass illegal migration.

CCS's

Provid ing timely aod

relevant

infonnalion to clients

and

partners

in

order to assist

them in carrying oul their Unctions is

the

Service's raison J tlre

eSls

reporting and advice on

security

threars

is provided

10 partnerS in

a

var1C1y of ways,

both

formally through a range

of

intelligence assessments. reports

and

fonnal communication

. with seDior

officials,

and

informally,through workin relations with

our

dome llic partners.

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As mandated by sec the

Service also

provides

security

assessments

to departments or the Board Policy on Government Security, the

Service's government to

pr dtect

sensitive OOC information and

assets

by providing security .of..8ovem:mem determined

by the

nature of

their Government

p,

infomlillibo.

quire Ii

clearance.

I With the

authorization

of (PS),

sec0ty also

be

conducted

on behalf of provulclal

ovcrnments

and ROhce fortes, )ncludn}i CinpfOyec;s n the nuclear

industry and

other sensitive seciOB.

.PursWw to

section 14

of the Act,

the Service also

provides

security advice to

GoC

immigration partners

in of the

Citizenship

Act

and

the

Immigraliun

and

Rt ugtt

PrOltcllon ACI

Ttis

.

,

e

'I'

tributes to determinations

on

admissibility to prevent

ind

ividuals of security concern

fro

rig or aining status

in

Canada. S

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are

equally rtpresented

io the

Service workfon:e and

is

bigher

than avenge for

federal

departments .-KI agencies. empklyees

speak

bo.h

of

canada's officioJ languages and a language

OIher.han English or

French.

AI'ogelher,1he

105

languages. The edllII, ,

. ssmenlS

primarily ro lJi>

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involved. the higher the authority required for approval. to use imrusive

investigative techniques must be against ci,villiberties

and

to

Canadas fundamental institulions (e.g.,

JX>litical.

and media).

The

least

intrusive It'CtmiqUe5 must be used first , except in emergency o where less intrusive

w?uld

be Ihreat:

Finally. the level

ot

authority

reqUired

for ust

be WIth t.peH

intrusiveness and with any associated risks. The

noI

protest or

dissent unless such activities

are carried out in as dcfined

/l

rl> O,lf

section 2

of the

Act. Any activity that rep-escnts a in

with the Minister ofPublk Safety; and

if

the n

poliey interests,

the

Minister

of

Foreign AlTairs must also

be

'-0,

'\I 1'1

The investigative methods

used by CSIS are suppor1ed by a

robust

analyticaFcS .s

capacity, infonning tile direction

of

operational activities and shaping security assessments and

advice to goverrunenl.

CSIS broad

mandate Ilnd authorities

to

investigate threat-related activity,

its operational focus

and

insigl1s into the threat environment provide a unique service to the

government

in

the form

of

intelligence that is able to forewarn

nod

infonn

of

developing threats.

Corporate Issues PlY .of?:

Legislative

and

Policy Gaps

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ONs

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The 7 10 addn:ss a

broad range oflhreaL ) t Rii Wlnal';secunty Wlthm legislative and

poli


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EntrylExit

is

an initiative under C8SA collect exit data

on individuals dep6rting Canada.

This

was

a

Canadian Beyond

the Sorder

action plan, intended to strmgthen national securit}f

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be

t ,un t s eg authOOlieS

communications

,

and its technical abilities

to

do

so. While

eSls and

the

RCMP

and

enforcement agencies) can

obtain

authorities

to legally intercept

communications,

the

decreasing

capacity

to ex.ercise that

authority

in

the

face

of expanding

and rapidly

changing technologies

is

a s

ignificant. growing and

irreversible

concern that will require

a

more detaiJed discussion.

GrOwing demands

from

Courts

for

the

disclosure

of

sensitive

eSls

information

in

civil litigation ca.o;es entails

asubstantial

risk to national security. While

various

laws provide

protection for

classified or

se

in

produced

documents, the Court

can

decide

to

disclose

such infonnation

if

it

d

eetn' )

'

N(

thc JlUk ic interest outweighs its

protection.

Numerous

disclosures have been

maAe

interests, tradecraft, and human

source operations, as Jligenc

the by allied and

foreign

agencies,

n

. consuming and resource

intensiv

e, t

has become were

not designed to

effectively and securely han produced .

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As part of

the

GoC's Deficit Reduction announced in Budget

2012, the Service's budget was

reducoo by

SIS million

with

a further

cut

of

10 million p1onned. Of these reductions, tWl>-thim improving

ctTIcic:ncies

with streamlined processes

and

the

rest

is

being derived from a re-alignmc:nt 0t Lt;: l 1y,

S r, l0lv

D Iv 4Cr

D/Of?

No

layoffs will be required. - I ( /OuD S f? .f?r

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Keeping

in mind

the ongoing

need

for departments and 0 t{fistaJ , 1.01

prudenl,

the

Service did

not

brinS forward any new requests for fwldina

in Bbd

g

Y1

QQ

t:/y .s

intcnding to manage any

new

initiatives within

cx.isting

reference levels. Nevenheless.

l

b 'S's

SelVice continues to absorb significant operational pressures.

as required.

Outreach

and

Publjc Relations

As part of an ongoing outreach and communications effort, the Service continues to

dcvclop and improve its ability to inform Canadians about its work.

The

Service

has

expanded its

Academic Outreach Program to help draw on a network of academic expens in support of our

investigative

mission, to

improve

our

intelligence

assessments, and funher strengthen our

anal)11ca1

The

program will continue

to

work with

other

government departments

to

promote

issues.

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VIs. ranc exp alns to

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to closely with GoC counterparts to ensure thai our

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and

s1

ti te

g

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supp r\

the

broader

oqec1ives

o

fGoC

communications

out to of cultural

communities

to

engage

in

honest.

open dialo

; and ic'tivilies. for

example

, CSIS has been

an active

i

ri RoWld Tahle on

Security,

8 PSCled

initiative

thai

brings together

in order 10 address concerns

and issues

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related to nationa1 security. e ls has

worked

with PSC on these efforts.

and

has also held success

ful

small-scale meetings

with

I J

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