Summary
The CBC reporter Brian Stewart interviews CSIS head Richard Fadden for a rare look into the agency’s highly secretive counterterrorism and counterespionage activities. The Canadian Security Intelligence Service is Canada’s spy agency, created to worry for us. CSIS worries that terror attacks that have struck at allies will strike here, too. It frets about nuclear plants, airports, a new surge in foreign spying, and that technology and trade secrets will land in the wrong hands. Some Canadians are concerned that CSIS worries too much. Allegations have surfaced about its officers trying to strong-arm activists.