Canada's secret service ignored human rights concerns while questioning Canadian detainee Omar Khadr at the US war-on-terror military prison in Guantanamo, Cuba in 2003, a government-commissioned report published Wednesday found. The Canadian Security Intelligence Service "failed to give proper attention to two important matters: human rights issues, and Mr Khadr's age when the interviews were conducted," the report ...

OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canada's spy agency failed to a pay enough attention to the age of a young Canadian terrorism suspect when it interviewed him at Guantanamo Bay, an oversight committee found on Wednesday. Canada's Security Intelligence Review Committee (SIRC) also found that the spy agency, the Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS), failed to give full consideration to possible ...

The Canadian government on Thursday unveiled new legislation to allow police to intercept data sent over the Internet and access web subscriber information in order to fight cybercrimes. "High tech criminals will be met by high tech police," said Public Safety Minister Peter Van Loan. The proposed Technical Assistance for Law Enforcement in the 21st Century Act would require Internet ...

A federal court ordered Canada's spy service on Wednesday to disclose evidence that calls into question the reliability of a key source in the case of an alleged Al-Qaeda sleeper agent. Judge Simon Noel ruled that information on the informant must be provided to lawyers of Mohamed Harkat who is accused of being a terrorist, even though this would ...