Spy watchdog’s relations with intelligence agencies ‘challenging’: memo
Newly released documents say the intelligence community’s relationship with its key watchdog has been particularly strained over the last year due to a “level of resistance” to scrutiny.
This is just the latest indication of serious tensions between the spy watchdog and the federal intelligence agencies it monitors. Created in 2019, NSIRA is an independent body, reporting to Parliament, that reviews all federal national security and intelligence activities to ensure they are lawful, reasonable and necessary. It also investigates public complaints regarding national security agencies and activities.Background documents accompanying the memo from Thomas say the review agency’s relationships with many organizations “have been challenging.
A preface to suggested “talking points” for Charette, as she prepared to meet Deschamps, noted that ministers and deputies had “been surprised by the topics raised and the level of detail discussed by the chair during bilateral discussions.”Charette was advised to tell Deschamps the Privy Council Office and the whole security and intelligence community recognized the importance of independent, external review.
The notes say the intelligence community had made progress in ensuring the review agency has access to departmental information holdings. In some cases, this has included creating stand-alone computer enclaves for review agency analysts to work within, or allowing for on-site validation exercises with staff from both organizations present.
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