[Canada has]...one of the most active surveillance agencies in the world, because of how closely they work with the NSA. - Glenn Greenwald This ultrasecret government installation is being built by private enterprise with private money raised on the open market. When the keys to 1929 Ogilvie Rd. are handed to the Crown next August, the 775,000-square-foot spy palace will have been designed and built by a consortium of companies that is to manage the site and its advanced IT gear until 2044...The government says the arrangement eliminates risks and liabilities associated with construction and financing while retaining ownership. It says up to $176 million will be saved compared to a traditional procurement process. But critics say P3s [public-private-partnerships] represent the privatization of public assets. They not only funnel public resources into generating private profits, but allow governments to hide debt within multi-decade contracts...Information released in October to Brazilian media revealed the CSE has intercepted telecommunications traffic from Brazil’s Ministry of Mines and Energy...In addition to the Brazilian caper, the CSE has been hit with accusations it monitored Canadians’ global telephone and Internet use. In a separate action, the B.C. Civil Liberties Association filed a lawsuit in October charging that the CSE’s activities are unlawful and in breach of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms...[Glenn] Greenwald says he is now preparing to release more classified documents from Snowden outlining government spying here and Canada’s intimate relationship with the NSA. ottawacitizen/news/CSEC+spies+next+door/9172097/story.html
Posted on: Wed, 20 Nov 2013 03:54:36 +0000
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