Cold War-era intelligence documents 'moldering away' in storage, critics charge
They're puzzled as to why the Privy Council Office has not handed the extensive collection -- which touches on everything from Iron Curtain defectors to possible Soviet invasion -- to Library and Archives Canada for preservation and public release.
He became aware of the records while serving in the Privy Council Office's intelligence-assessment secretariat, where he worked from 1993 until his retirement in 2011. Barnes has recently made requests under the federal access law for various records in the Privy Council archive, but has largely been met with delays and denials, prompting him to lodge complaints with the information commissioner.
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