CSIS accused of spying on anti-pipeline protesters

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CSIS accused of spying on anti-pipeline protesters | CTV Vancouver News
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The Canadian Press
Published Wednesday, August 12, 2015 11:12AM PDT
Three days of hearings are expected to begin in Vancouver today as the Security Intelligence Review Committee considers a complaint from the BC Civil Liberties Association.

The association alleges the Canadian Security Intelligence Service wrongly spied on environmental activists -- allegedly categorizing opponents of the petroleum industry as threats to national security.

But the hearings examining the secret spying are being held in secret, which BCCLA lawyer Paul Champ says is like shadow boxing with the lights out -- because he has received no information about CSIS's case.

Although the initial review committee hearings start behind closed doors in Vancouver, there likely will be additional -- even more secretive --sessions that exclude the BCCLA for national-security reasons, and an outcome could be months, or years, away.

CSIS accused of spying on anti-pipeline protesters | CTV Vancouver News
 
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The purpose of the state has long been to protect the interests of the elite. National security is just the security of the rich and powerful.
 
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"secret"


anyway, we don't even know how mr. designer guy dieded yet. was it sleep walkin', maybe stephen harper?

secret.

lottsa sh!t we don't know.
 
petros

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Corduroy said:
The purpose of the state has long been to protect the interests of the elite. National security is just the security of the rich and powerful.
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You don't feel very elitish Jen? Is it Harper's fault you took a mediocre path in life or maybe you are just high and confused?
 
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Oh flossy, please tell us that the protestors never have and never will break the law, then we will ignore them. No wait, i forgot it is legal to break the law if you are a progressive, sorry comrade.
 
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skookumchuck said:
Oh flossy, please tell us that the protestors never have and never will break the law, then we will ignore them. No wait, i forgot it is legal to break the law if you are a progressive, sorry comrade.
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You get sillier by the day. Only law enforcement can "legally" break the law.

DaSleeper said:
Well spoken Comrade Corduroy!
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If you think she is wrong, then you are seriously deluded.
 
petros

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Are you high again?

Law enforcement is subject to the same laws as everyone else.

Jen couldn't find her *** with both hands.
 
Corduroy

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skookumchuck said:
Oh flossy, please tell us that the protestors never have and never will break the law, then we will ignore them. No wait, i forgot it is legal to break the law if you are a progressive, sorry comrade.
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If no one ever broke the law you be forced to work on a mud farm doffing your cap to every lord that trots by. The law protects the state's interest and the state's interest is decided by those who the state represents. If our state says oil pipelines are a matter of national security then it represents the interest of the oil industry.
 
petros

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Jesus Christ! When did left field move to the dark side of the moon? You are the biggest matter of National security. Nothing is more valuable than human capital.
 
petros

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mentalfloss said:
CSIS watchdog probe begins in Vancouver into spying on environmental groups
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http://www.cbc.ca/m/news/canada/bri...ngs-3-years-old-with-no-charges-laid-1.985126



B.C. pipeline bombings 3 years old with no charges laid


This week marks the grim anniversary of the start of an alarming series of bombings that spread fear and prompted a sometimes heavy-handed police presence in northeastern B.C. for several months — and to date no one has been charged.

Six bombings — all targeting a natural gas pipeline and gas wells operated by the Encana Corporation — would eventually rock the Tomslake area, near the city of Dawson Creek, 750 kilometres northeast of Vancouver.

The first blast occurred Oct. 11, 2008, followed by another five days later on Oct. 16 and a third on Oct. 31. The next bomb blew up on Jan. 4, 2009, and two more explosions would follow, three days apart, the following July.

There have been no injuries, and not all of the explosions ruptured the pipeline or stopped the flow of gas. But the final bomb came closest to causing injury when it blew up just 500 metres away from a group of workers.

Encana posted a $1-million reward and, although there has been one high-profile arrest, no charges have even been recommended by police.

Anonymous letters were sent to local news media after the series of bombings ended, slamming the gas industry's rapid expansion and urging Encana to get out of the business.
 
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