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The ten documents below are the most recent additions to the CIRC database, which now contains 1138 resources and was last updated on 2008-01-27. You can also view the full list of CIRC resources, displayed on a single page.

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Canadian gets life for plot to blow up embassies in Singapore, Philippines
Jabarah was taken from Oman by Canadian intelligence officials. The Canadian Security and Intelligence Service said Jabarah travelled to the United States voluntarily with its help, but questions have been raised about it.
HTML | Published: 2008-01-18 | Added: 2008-01-27

Charkaoui told CSIS about jihad recruiting
In a previously undisclosed interview with CSIS investigators, alleged al-Qaeda sleeper agent Adil Charkaoui described how members of Montreal's Arab community were recruiting people for jihad before 9/11.
HTML | Published: 2008-01-23 | Added: 2008-01-27

CSIS warily monitors potential for violent anti-Olympic demonstrations
The annual report of Canadian Security Intelligence Service director Jim Judd signals the agency is actively gauging the prospect that demonstrations could turn ugly as opponents voice social and economic concerns about the Vancouver Games.
HTML | Published: 2008-01-20 | Added: 2008-01-27

FBI wants instant access to British identity data
Allies in the "war against terror" - the US, UK, Australia, Canada and New Zealand - have formed a working group, the International Information Consortium, to plan their strategy.
HTML | Published: 2008-01-15 | Added: 2008-01-27

Information-sharing rules defended
The CSIS Act, Peirce said, allows information to be shared where it is "strictly necessary" to national security, and in the RCMP's case, the practice is guided by ministerial directives and policies that call for many factors to be weighed.
HTML | Published: 2008-01-09 | Added: 2008-01-27

Navy bomb experts sift through dust, death
With U.S. and British specialists, the Canadian divers are part of a forensic and intelligence-gathering unit called the Combined Explosives Exploitation Cell.
HTML | Published: 2008-01-14 | Added: 2008-01-27

U.S. wants U.K. to help set up int'l biometric security database
Sgt. Sylvie Tremblay, an RCMP spokeswoman, confirmed that Canada's national police force is working with the FBI on the proposal through the International Information Consortium.
HTML | Published: 2008-01-15 | Added: 2008-01-27

Canada's official spy souvenir shop is off limits to ordinary citizens
Canada's official spy souvenir shop is the perfect complement to the country's official spy museum. They're both top-secret facilities that are strictly off limits to ordinary Canadians and tourists.
HTML | Published: 2008-01-21 | Added: 2008-01-26

Part spy, part sniper: UAVs increasingly in use in war
This fall, the Canadian Forces announced plans to buy a new fleet of UAVs for various uses, including intelligence-gathering during the war in Afghanistan and conducting aerial patrols in the Arctic.
HTML | Published: 2008-01-04 | Added: 2008-01-26

War on the Web
Any potential political or diplomatic dispute can now be expected to include a significant online component, and Canada needs to be ready to defend itself against the cyber attacks that will come as inevitably as the next diplomatic dispute.
HTML | Published: 2008-01-02 | Added: 2008-01-26