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Canada’s Spy Agency Head Says Chinese Regime’s Threat Coming on ‘All Fronts’ CSIS Act limits agency’s capabilities, says Vigneault  The head of Canada’s spy agency said the greatest threat to Canada’s national security comes from China and Russia, while bemoaning the outdated legislation that is limiting the agency’s capabilities.  Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS) director David Vigneault also called for greater overall collaboration and awareness to deal with a h...

Fri Feb 5, 2021 Joe Biden is on record that the Chinese Communists are “not bad folks, folks,” and “not competition for us.” The Delaware Democrat, is facing a crucial decision on China, by way of Canada, that deserves careful monitoring.   In December of 2018 in Vancouver, Canada arrested Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou on a U.S. extradition warrant. China responded by taking captive Canadians Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor. As Solarina Ho of CTV News reports, Trudeau has...

An interfaith advocate is asking for an apology from officials as the hui into the Christchurch mosque shootings continues.

Security agencies too focused on ‘Islamist’ terror in run-up to Christchurch mosques terror attack, inquiry rules Security agencies too focused on ‘Islamist’ terror in run-up to Christchurch mosques terror attack, inquiry rules 25th Dec 2020 Photos: Students paying tribute to the victims of the Christchurch mosques shooting, March 18, 2019. (Credit: Peter Adones/Anadolu Agency). Right: New Zealand PM, Jacinda Ardern meets with the victims of the shooting. (Credit: Kirk Hargreaves/Christ...

Spy partners focus dictated lack of far-right intelligence, GCSB boss says 21 Dec, 2020 06:00 PM 4 minutes to read NZ Herald By Phil Pennington, RNZ The Royal Commission of inquiry heard that the Government Security Communications Bureau got 7526 intelligence reports about terrorism and violent fanaticism in a three-month period in late 2018-19. But not a single one was about right-wing extremism. Read More Advertisement These partners had their own legal mandates, which might also influence wh...

International priorities dictated a gaping hole in the collection of far-right intelligence reports, according to the lead communications spy agency. The Royal Commission of inquiry heard that the Government Security Communications Bureau got 7526 intelligence reports about terrorism and violent fanaticism in a three-month period in late 2018-19. But not a single one was about right-wing extremism. This "was not the result of the GCSBs own intelligence collection settings", the bureaus Director...

Spy partners focus dictated lack of Far Right intelligence, GCSB boss says Phil Pennington © RNZ / Jane Patterson International priorities dictated a gaping hole in the collection of far-right intelligence reports, according to the lead communications spy agency. The Royal Commission of inquiry heard that the Government Security Communications Bureau got 7526 intelligence reports about terrorism and violent fanaticism in a three-month period in late 2018-19. But not a single o...

Stuff A woman’s New Zealand passport was cancelled when it was thought she intended to help Isis terrorism. (File photo) A woman whose passport was cancelled on suspected terrorism-related grounds, has appealed against a failed legal challenge. The woman, whose name was suppressed, had her passport cancelled in 2016 because the Minister of Internal Affairs – then Peter Dunne​ – thought reasonable grounds existed to believe she was a danger to Syria by intending to facilitate a terroris...

RNZ The Detail looks at the stoush over “the club” – the Five Eyes security agreement – thats turned ugly, and whether it threatens New Zealands independence and relationship with China. New Zealand’s place in the world is increasingly threatened as the post-World War II international order collapses and a power shift between the United States and China squeezes countries in the middle. This picture of a “turbulent” world comes from newly released briefings to new Cabinet minist...

The report into the mosque attacks basically told those affected to fend for themselves – the government must support us