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Canadian Security Intelligence Service - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS) is a Canadian intelligence agency founded in 1984 by an act of the Parliament of Canada. The creation of CSIS was a recommendation of the McDonald Commission which advised removing responsibility for intelligence from the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, specifically the RCMP Security Service. Prior to the establishment of CSIS, the RCMP, which is Canada's federal police service, was responsible for intelligence and counterintelligence activities. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Canadian_Security_Intelligence_Service   (424 words)

Center For Strategic & International Studies A January 2004 CSIS report, To Guarantee the Peace: An Action Strategy for a Post-Conflict Sudan, asserts that an international quick response and peacekeeping force will be essential to secure a Sudan peace settlement, reinforced by substantial economic assistance and debt reduction. The report was guided by a CSIS advisory committee of 19 former government officials and regional experts chaired by William Cohen (left), former U.S. secretary of defense, and Ed Gabriel (right), former U.S. ambassador to Morocco, who were on hand at the March 7, 2005 report rollout. Christopher Cox (R-CA), chairman, House Select Committee on Homeland Security, and Bennie Thompson (D-MS), ranking member, Emergency Preparedness and Response Subcommittee, House Select Committee on Homeland Security, were the featured speakers for the event. www.csis.org   (424 words)

Center For Strategic & International Studies In their recent op-ed in the Financial Times, CSIS senior fellow Sarah E. Mendelson and Fiona Hill, of the Brookings Institution put forth recommendations for the international community to address the crisis in Russia’s North Caucasus region before it becomes an all-out war. Now is the time to convene a high-level meeting to address what the international community can do to help mitigate violence and instability in the region. Co-authors David Heyman, director of the CSIS Homeland Security Program, and James Carafano of the Heritage Foundation, offered a series of recommendations in their report that are currently being implement by DHS to make the department a more effective instrument for preventing and responding to terrorism. www.csis.org   (424 words)

Center For Strategic & International Studies CSIS and the Observer Research Foundation (ORF) of India co-sponsored a dialogue between Indian and American officials and analysts on East Asian security affairs in New Delhi, India, on March 17-18. Young professionals from the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) and the CATO Institute debated the patriotism of the recently-revealed “Deep Throat” source, Mark Felt, whose insider information was vital to the Washington Post’s breaking coverage of the Watergate scandal, on Thursday, June 30, at CSIS. Those policy-relevant issues included domestic political trends on both sides and impact of those trends on their East Asia policy; the rise of China; the role of Japan; development of regional institutions; problems related to the Korean peninsula and Taiwan; maritime security and transnational threats in Southeast Asia; and business and energy trends. www.csis.org   (424 words)

SUBMISSION BY JIM JUDD, DIRECTOR CANADIAN SECURITY INTELLIGENCE SERVICE TO THE O'CONNOR COMMISSION OF INQUIRY SIRC reviews in the last two reporting years (2002-03 and 2003-04) are instructive in demonstrating the encompassing reach of the Committee. SIRC and the IG undertake an annual audit of a Regional office, which typically sees three to six reviewers conducting interviews in a Region over a three- to five-day period - a concentrated exercise which occupies a large number of Regional resources. The review provisions of the CSIS Act were, in 1984, unprecedented in the world of intelligence and security intelligence agencies. www.csis-scrs.gc.ca /eng/miscdocs/director20050221_e.html   (424 words)

Center For Strategic & International Studies Young professionals from the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) and the CATO Institute debated the patriotism of the recently-revealed “Deep Throat” source, Mark Felt, whose insider information was vital to the Washington Post’s breaking coverage of the Watergate scandal, on Thursday, June 30, at CSIS. CSIS and the Observer Research Foundation (ORF) of India co-sponsored a dialogue between Indian and American officials and analysts on East Asian security affairs in New Delhi, India, on March 17-18. Richard McCormack, former undersecretary of state for economic affairs, analyzed global economic imbalances with a specific focus on the U.S. trade deficit on Friday, June 10. www.csis.org   (424 words)

Center For Strategic & International Studies King Gyanendra's move to restore the authority of the newly appointed government, and the government's successful bid for support from two of Nepal's political parties, was the first good news in many months, as Nepal's eight-year-old insurgency descended into an increasingly violent civil war. Chosen for their accomplishments and leadership potential by the Inamori Foundation in Kyoto, Japan, they will participate in a program designed to promote creative and ethical leadership in international politics. The main function of the NRRCs would be to exchange information on events that might otherwise be misperceived or misinterpreted and result in heightened tensions or armed conflict that could escalate to the nuclear level. www.csis.org   (424 words)

Center for Strategic and International Studies - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Founded in 1962 by David M. Abshire and Admiral Arleigh Burke, The Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) is a bipartisan, nonprofit organization headquartered in Washington, D.C. with more than 220 full-time staff and a large network of affiliated experts. Former U.S. senator Sam Nunn became chairman of the CSIS Board of Trustees in 1999, and John J. Hamre has led CSIS as its president and chief executive officer since April 2000. Through it's research and activities, CSIS seeks to advance global security and prosperity by providing "strategic insights and practical policy solutions" to decisionmakers. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Center_for_Strategic_and_International_Studies   (397 words)

Alsos: Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) On this website, the official website of the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), visitors can read news and analysis about global security policy concerns, including weapons of mass destruction, and issues and military relations in areas of conflict. CSIS is “dedicated to providing world leaders with strategic insights on—and policy solutions to—current and emerging global issues” (About CSIS page). Alsos: Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) alsos.wlu.edu /information.aspx?id=688   (101 words)

Center For Strategic & International Studies Two of the cochairs of the CSIS Initiative for a Renewed Transatlantic Partnership, former Italian Prime Minister Giuliano Amato and for former U.S. Secretary of Defense Harold Brown, outlined the goals in an April 7 opinion piece in the Financial Times. Young professionals from the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) and the CATO Institute debated the patriotism of the recently-revealed “Deep Throat” source, Mark Felt, whose insider information was vital to the Washington Post’s breaking coverage of the Watergate scandal, on Thursday, June 30, at CSIS. Straw outlined Britain's international agenda in the context of its chairmanship of the G-8 this year and its European Union presidency in the second half of 2005. www.csis.org   (101 words)

Center For Strategic & International Studies In their recent op-ed in the Financial Times, CSIS senior fellow Sarah E. Mendelson and Fiona Hill, of the Brookings Institution put forth recommendations for the international community to address the crisis in Russia’s North Caucasus region before it becomes an all-out war. On September 12, 2005, the CSIS East Europe Project hosted a policy forum featuring Lubomir Zaoralek, Speaker of the Lower Chamber of the Czech parliament. Co-authors David Heyman, director of the CSIS Homeland Security Program, and James Carafano of the Heritage Foundation, offered a series of recommendations in their report that are currently being implement by DHS to make the department a more effective instrument for preventing and responding to terrorism. www.csis.org   (101 words)

102601.txt Gauthier's committee reported yesterday that in the year 1999-2000, CSIS conducted 81,650 security assessments on immigrants and refugees applying for landed status. She further warned CSIS is facing a shortage of professionals who can translate and analyze intelligence collected and that heavier responsibilities heaped on the agency since Sept. 11 are unrealistic. CSIS, Gauthier said, obviously needs more resources - "I think they are stretched to the maximum'' - but she refused to speculate how much more money would be appropriate. www.tscm.com /tscm-l/102601.txt   (7604 words)

Canadian Security Intelligence Service The Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS) was created by Act of Parliament in 1984 as an agency of the Department of the Solicitor General. The service monitors racist and other hate groups and, in one well-publicized operation, recruited an informant in one of the most prominent of the white supremacist groups in Canada, the Heritage Front. But traditional adversaries also continued to run intelligence operations within Canada well into the 1990s, as was evidenced by the 1996 discovery by CSIS of 2 Russian intelligence officers, Yelena B. Olshanskaya and Dmitriy V. Olshanskiy, living in Toronto under the assumed names of Laurie and Ian Lambert. www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com /index.cfm?PgNm=TCE&ArticleId=A0001330   (7604 words)

CIRC - Canadian Security Intelligence Service Canada's intelligence service is investigating fewer suspected terrorists than it was prior to the Sept. 11 attacks, according to a "secret" government document. Canadian Security Intelligence Service agents were told during five days of interviews with the source that Abderraouf Jdey, a Canadian citizen also known as Farouk the Tunisian, had downed the plane with explosives on Nov. 12, 2001. The Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS) was recently granted by the Canadian government the authority to recruit and direct undercover sources on the campuses of Canada’s colleges, according to declassified documents. circ.jmellon.com /agencies/csis   (7604 words)

Canadian Security Intelligence Service - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS) was founded in 1984 by an act of the Canadian Parliament, Bill C-9, "an Act to Establish the Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS)" to be a replacement for the floundering RCMP Security Service. The creation of CSIS was a recommendation of the McDonald Commission which advised removing responsibility for intelligence from the RCMP, which is Canada's federal police service. Under the post-WWII Quadpartite Pact all intelligence information is shared between the intelligence agencies of these four countries. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Canadian_Security_Intelligence_Service   (408 words)

Canadian Security Intelligence Service 1 / 2 Also included, where applicable, is information concerning military service, including periods and areas of service; collective bargaining exclusion, including designation status and bargaining agent identification; professional achievements, publications,patents and awards; passports and firearm permits related to employment; and termination of employment, including certificates and reasons for termination. This information is used to compile a personnel profile of employees and to compare the situation of designated group members with non-designated group members within the Service and with their counterparts in the Canadian labour market. This information may be used as a source of information or for linking with all other government institutions participating in the CSIS Employee Recognition Awards Plan for the purpose of determining whether the individuals suggestion or application for an award is unique and/or is deserving of an award. infosource.gc.ca /inst/csi/emp01_e.asp?DLBFormat=S   (4052 words)

Canadian Security Intelligence Service - Canadian Intelligence Agencies The Service uses a variety of collection methods to monitor individuals or groups whose activities are suspected of constituting a threat to national security. In addition to monitoring potential espionage and sabotage efforts, the Service is mandated to inform the government of foreign-influenced activities within or relating to Canada that are detrimental to the interests of Canada and are clandestine or deceptive or involve a threat to any person. Through such monitoring, the Service is able to identify individuals with suspected connections to terrorism and persons operating in Canada on behalf of hostile intelligence services. www.globalsecurity.org /intell/world/canada/csis.htm   (975 words)

Summit of the Americas - Canada Project - Americas Program - Center For Strategic & International Studies A primer on the agenda for the Summit, with separate sections by CSIS specialists Sidney Weintraub on the prospects for an FTAA, Georges A. Fauriol on the hemispheric policy challenges confronting the Bush administration, and Miguel Diaz on how Latin American and Caribbean countries are approaching regional cooperation. The Century of the Americas: Dawn of a New Century Dynamic by Georges A. Fauriol and Sidney Weintraub. Summit of the Americas Conference Highlights Summitry and the Americas— Perspective on the First Summit in Miami and the Second Summit in Santiago www.csis.org /americas/2001summit.htm   (1077 words)

Center For Strategic & International Studies The CSIS Americas Program explored this security challenge at a March 29 forum with officials who are on the front lines protecting citizens in Central and South American countries. On June 21, the CSIS East Europe Project hosted a roundtable in the U.S.-Montenegro Policy Forum series focusing on the referendum on Montenegrin independence planned for Spring 2006. Bulent Arinc, speaker of the Turkish Grand National Assembly (left), discussed parliament’s role in promoting freedom and democracy in the country and the region at a CSIS Statesmen’s Forum on May 26. www.csis.org   (1077 words)

1996 Report of the Auditor General of Canada - November - Chapter 27 The Inspector General is responsible to the Deputy Solicitor General. A certificate states the extent to which the Inspector General is satisfied with the report and brings to the Minister's attention anything done by CSIS that, in the Inspector General's opinion, is not authorized by the Act, contravenes ministerial direction or involves an unreasonable or unnecessary exercise of CSIS's powers. We were therefore encouraged when the Solicitor General recently set out expectations regarding the process and products of the Inspector General's work and introduced a formal framework for ongoing consultations involving the Inspector General and CSIS, as well as the Department of the Solicitor General. www.oag-bvg.gc.ca /domino/reports.nsf/html/9627ce.html   (1077 words)

Security agency clears Indo-Canadian of charges :- - World News - Webindia123.com Paule Gauthier, the former chairperson of the Security Intelligence Review Committee (SIRC), which oversees the function of the CSIS, said the CSIS "purposefully misled" the agency in a likely attempt to "suppress information that was embarrassing to the service. Gauthier, who was first appointed to SIRC in 1984, reviewed the case and said she doesn't share any of CSIS' suspicions. She upheld the character of Liddar as "honest and forthright" and said that "there is no reliable evidence that supports a conclusion that he may engage in activities that would constitute a threat to the security of Canada". news.webindia123.com /news/showdetails.asp?id=116921&cat=World   (394 words)

Backgrounder No. 4: Human Resources Osbaldeston recommended that the counter-subversion branch be eliminated, and that its duties and functions be reassigned. One of the issues studied by the advisory team was whether CSIS policies on recruitment, training and development and personnel management had provided the Service with the proper mix of skills, education and experience to meet the intelligence requirements of the government. In its report, SIRC raised a number of concerns about CSIS, prompting the Solicitor General to announce the formation of an independent advisory team headed by Gordon Osbaldeston, former Clerk of the Privy Council, to study several specific issues raised by SIRC and present a plan of action to the Solicitor General. www.csis-scrs.gc.ca /en/newsroom/backgrounders/backgrounder04.asp   (1579 words)

CanadaInfo: Security & Defence: Canadian Security Intelligence Service Security assessments are conducted under the authority of sections 13 and 15 of the CSIS Act. CSIS is a defensive, domestic security intelligence service. A security intelligence service is restricted to investigating threats to its country's national security. www.craigmarlatt.com /canada/security&defence/csis.html   (2295 words)

Spy agency tactic under fire Sivakumar's lawyer, Lorne Waldman, said CSIS routinely preys on refugee claimants and that three is a need for clear rules about the links between CSIS and the immigration process. Sivakumar's case is similar to that of Rysard Paszkowski, who has filed a lawsuit claiming he was promised Canadian citizenship in exchange of working for CSIS. Sivakumar, who works with a tax preparation company in Toronto, tells a cloak-and-dagger tale of clandestine meetings in rooms at the Inna on the Park Hotel and Toronto restraunts, of cash stuffed in brown envelops -- and ultimately, of betrayal. www.tamiltigers.net /tamilcanadian/canada9816.html   (1830 words)

Center For Strategic & International Studies Co-authors David Heyman, director of the CSIS Homeland Security Program, and James Carafano of the Heritage Foundation, offered a series of recommendations in their report that are currently being implement by DHS to make the department a more effective instrument for preventing and responding to terrorism. The event, hosted by the Global Strategy Institute at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), featured introductory remarks by Erik Peterson, CSIS Senior Vice President and Director of the Global Strategy Institute, followed by a panel of experts that included Dr. The second phase of the "Beyond Goldwater-Nichols: U.S. Government and Defense Reform for a New Strategic Era" report calls for a more responsive government that can adapt to unpredictable challenges and work as one cohesive unit rather than through disparate parts. www.csis.org   (1847 words)

Major Nourhaghighi got Order against Canadian Security Intelligence Review Committee Forth, Section 19(4) of the Citizenship Act instructed that the Review Committee must send a report pursuant to Section 19(2) to the Applicant allowing him to be fully informed with the allegation where the Review Committee failed, as in fact the CSIS conducted the investigation, which is a double jeopardy. Second, the Review Committee was obligated in law to conduct the investigation under Section 38(c)(ii), not the Constables Respondents Mardalliran and Steward. Nourhaghighi despite his extensive written materials, the Security Intelligence Review Committee...has determined that its investigation did not fully comply with the requirements of the CSIS Act in that, for example, it did not provide an opportunity to be heard personally to Mr. nourhaghighi.iranseek.com /762.html   (1847 words)

Center For Strategic & International Studies A new White Paper by the CSIS Commission on Scientific Communication and National Security explains the importance of ensuring that foreign students and technical professionals are able to visit the United States, and it provides a number of short-term and fundamental actions that can be taken to moderate policy changes. The CSIS White Paper highlights the core tenets of an integrated, comprehensive U.S. foreign policy toward global water challenges. A new report by CSIS’s Anthony H. Cordesman, the Arleigh A. Burke Chair in Strategy, and Khalid R. Al-Rodhan, a Visiting Fellow at the Arleigh A. Burke Chair in Strategy, analyzes the dynamics of global risks and development in the international oil market. www.csis.org   (2003 words)

Center For Strategic & International Studies A January 2004 CSIS report, To Guarantee the Peace: An Action Strategy for a Post-Conflict Sudan, asserts that an international quick response and peacekeeping force will be essential to secure a Sudan peace settlement, reinforced by substantial economic assistance and debt reduction. Panamanian President Martín Torrijos discussed his country's relationship with the United States, the expansion of the Panama Canal, and Panama’s fight against corruption in a speech at CSIS on April 29. Philip Zelikow (l), State Dept. counselor and former staff director of the 9/11 Commission, called for "mutual tolerance and respect" in the U.S.-Saudi relationship and "a partnership that leaders in both countries will be proud to explain and defend" in a keynote address at a May 24 CSIS conference. www.csis.org   (2003 words)

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