Share this Story: Canada's spy service once again admonished by court over duty of candourCanada's spy service once again admonished by court over duty of candourArticle content OTTAWA — A federal judge blames “institutional and systemic negligence” for the latest instance of Canada’s spy service failing to be sufficiently forthcoming about applications for judicial warrants to conduct investigations. In a decision made public Tuesday in redacted form, Federal Court Justice Henry Brown said the Canadian Security Intelligence Service breached the duty of candour it owed to the court in certain October 2018 warrant applications. Try refreshing your browser, or Canada's spy service once again admonished by court over duty of candour Back to video The spy service had applied for several warrants to intercept the communications of a “group of individuals” deemed a threat to the security of Canada, the specifics of which were excised from the public version of the ruling. He also faulted the spy service for not revealing information that had the potential to reflect adversely on the reliability and credibility of the human sources. Share this article in your social networkAdvertisement Story continues below This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below.

Source: National Post August 31, 2021 20:48 UTC