A new report from the federal spy watchdog says the Canadian Security Intelligence Service failed to adequately consider the potentially serious adverse effects on people and their families when using its powers to disrupt potential threats.
also finds the spy service takes an "overly narrow" approach when determining whether a judicial warrant is required for a particular threat disruption measure.
In addition, the measures must be reasonable and proportional in the circumstances, and take into account the availability of other means to reduce the threat, as well as foreseeable effects on third parties, including their privacy. The review agency found that CSIS's documentation of the information disclosed to such outside parties as part of threat reduction measures "was inconsistent and, at times, lacked clarity and specificity."
"NSIRA notes that CSIS cannot avoid responsibility just because the outcomes of an action would be effected by someone else's hand." "While these powers provide CSIS with additional flexibility, they also demand heightened responsibility, given their covert nature and ability to profoundly impact, not only the subject of a given , but others potentially captured by its scope," the report says.
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