Andrew Mitrovica
Autor de Covert Entry : Spies, Lies and Crimes Inside Canada's Secret Service
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The book lifts up the rock that the intelligence service was hiding under and reveals some pretty nasty things. In addition to the law-breaking, the whole culture in the service was rotten. The watchdog was not set up properly either, making it dependent on the service it was monitoring to make sure it had all the information necessary to rule on complaints brought forward. No wonder the operative was dismissed.
This book is interesting from a historical perspective. I am not sure how much the culture has changed, but technology has certainly changed in the 17 years since this book was published. Turns out that in June 2019, Bill C-59, An Act Respecting National Security Matters, was given royal assent. The Security Intelligence Review Committee has been abolished and a new agency, the National Security and Intelligence Review Agency, has been created to oversee both CSIS and the Communications Security Establishment, which deals with cryptology and the IT side of foreign intelligence. It will be interesting to see how this new agency actually ends up working.… (más)