Watchdog Confirms CSEC Not Doing Illegal Activity

This article was last updated on April 16, 2022

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The federal watchdog of Canada’s top-secret electronic spy agency has mentioned in its recent report that Communications Security Establishment is acting under within its limit, while making only few recommendations for improvement. The first report issued by the retired military judge who currently serves as Commissioner of the Communications Security Establishment, Jean-Pierre Plouffe, claims that fear is growing among Canadian about the global activities of the National Security Agency, CSEC’s partner in the U.S., after Edward Snowden leaks.

Plouffe highlighted that he was “concerned” with the current media coverage since it is prompting baseless fears that Canada’s foreign signals-gathering agency was illegally intercepting the communications of Canadian citizens, either directly or through the NSA. He stressed that CSEC is legally mandated to tap into all kinds of electronic communications world-wide to protect Canadian interests against terrorism, espionage, cyber-attacks, kidnappings of Canadians abroad, or attacks on Canadian embassies, however it refrains from directly targeting Canadians here or abroad.

Plouffe stated that “in collecting this intelligence, it is unavoidable that CSEC will obtain some information about Canadians.” He opposed all agency’s critics, alleging that he and a staff of 11 had concluded that “all of the activities of CSEC reviewed in 2013-14 complied with the law.” The minister responsible for CSEC, Defence Minister Rob Nicholson, has underlined report to point out that the Conservative government has rejected any notion of giving Parliament more oversight powers over CSEC.

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