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

Posted by samzenpus on from the it-wasn't-us dept.

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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  1. Re:they all play this game by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Interesting

    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.

  2. Re:Spies are sneaky by facetube · · Score: 5, Interesting

    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.