Leaked Snowden Docs Show Canada's "False Flag" Operations

An anonymous reader writes Documents leaked by NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden to the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation and The Intercept show the extent to which Communications Security Establishment Canada (CSEC) cooperates with the NSA — and perhaps most interestingly details CSEC's "false flag" operations, whereby cyberattacks are designed and carried out with the intention of attribution to another individual, group or nation state. The revelations come in the midst of Canadian controversy regarding the C-51 anti-terrorism bill.

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Spies are sneaky

[Anonymous Coward]

Say it ain't so.

Re:Spies are sneaky

[facetube]

And, in the US technology industry, it's one of the biggest threats to our ability to compete effectively in a global economy. When a giant company like Cisco is looking at ways to avoid shipping hardware directly from the US to keep its international customers, you know something's wrong.

Re:Spies are sneaky

[ArcherB]

It's not a tradeoff at all. Our intelligence agencies are likely the biggest threat to our security today. We are giving up liberty to be in more danger.

You are confusing privacy with liberty. While I view I have a right to a certain level of privacy, it has no effect on my liberty.

For example, if I were to strap a camera to my head and stream my life 24/7 onto the web, am I any less free than I was before? No, even though I had given up 100% of my privacy. My liberty would only be limited if I limited it myself. For example, if i decided not to view porn because the camera on my head would broadcast it and the whole world would know that I'm into midget-barbarian porn.

Liberty is diminished, however, when that lack of privacy is used against you. For example, if the state puts a GPS on your car and sends you a fine every time you exceeded the speed limit, your liberty would obviously be diminished. Or if the state put a camera in your bedroom and arrested you for masturbating in an unapproved manner.

Privacy is nothing more than the securing of information. Information has nothing to do with liberty. However, it could be used to restrict freedom.

Re:they all play this game

[Anonymous Coward]

Canadian government mails out leaflets "you support us, or the terrorists".

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Toet's mailout asks "What do you think?" and requests people check off one of the following options:

      * I agree with my MP Lawrence Toet. We must take additional action to protect Canada from terrorism.â
      * I disagree. Terrorists are victims too.

B..but...that's a conspiracy theory

[Anonymous Coward]

Just remember this next time they use silly words like "conspiracy theory" as if the term means something that doesn't happen.

Conspiracy theories like... US funded pro- and counter insurgencies....
False flag attacks...
Rigged elections...
etc.

They happen and they're quite well documented. The government attempts to ridicule the evidence, but in the end they are the ones who look idiotic.

Take this recent hilarity: https://www.youtube.com/watch?...

Re:I'm disappointed in Canada

[king neckbeard]

Or, you spy in peacetime to create war. Wars usually are the results of growing internal or external tensions, and any country large enough to not be militarily curbstomped in a day has enough restraint to not launch a war without obvious precursors. Plus, spies have a long history of being massive idiots who fuck everything up, which is a good way to cause a war.