News Digest - September 12, 2013
Canada, CSEC and mass surveillance

Canada played central role in NSA attempt to crack secure web data 

 

Global News 11/09/2013 - The U.S. National Security Agency has pursued a prolonged strategy to give itself covert, undetectable access to encrypted and private information sent online,  such as bank transactions and emails, leaked documents show. The CSE allowed the U.S. agency to "seize control" of the process, a New York Times report says, a move that allowed the NSA to rewrite the draft code and create a hidden path into data that was protected by the encryption.

 

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Video: Ontario Privacy Watchdog is not amused with the NSA 

US, NSA and mass surveillance  

NSA shares raw intelligence including Americans' data with Israel

The Guardian 11/09/2013 - The National Security Agency routinely shares raw intelligence data with Israel without first sifting it to remove information about US citizens, a top-secret document provided to the Guardian by whistleblower Edward Snowden reveals. Details of the intelligence-sharing agreement are laid out in a memorandum of understanding between the NSA and its Israeli counterpart that shows the US government handed over intercepted communications likely to contain phone calls and emails of American citizens. The agreement places no legally binding limits on the use of the data by the Israelis.

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The Guardian 11/09/2013 -
A judge on the secret surveillance court was so disturbed by the National Security Agency's repeated violations of privacy restrictions that he questioned the viability of its bulk collection of Americans' phone records, according to newly declassified surveillance documents. Judge Reggie Walton, now the presiding judge on the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance (Fisa) court, imposed a significant and previously undisclosed restriction on the NSA's ability to access its bulk databases of phone records after finding that the agency repeatedly violated privacy protections.
 
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IN THIS ISSUE...
- Canada played a role in facilitating NSA spying
- NSA shared intelligence with Israel; FISA court considers viability of surveillance program
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The News Digest is ICLMG's weekly publication of news articles, events, calls to action and much more regarding national security, anti-terrorism, civil liberties and other issues related to the mandate and concerns of ICLMG and its member organizations. The ICLMG is a national coalition of thirty-eight Canadian civil society organizations that was established in the aftermath of the September, 2001 terrorist attacks in the United States.


Event  

Kafka Revisited: An Evening with Dr. Hassan Diab  
 

Friday September 27, 2013

7:00 - 9:00 PM
Beit Zatoun House, 612 Markham Street, Toronto, Ontario

 

 

Speakers: 

Hassan Diab - Hear from the man who has been facing Kafkaesque extradition proceedings since 2008.
Barbara Jackman - Attorney and human rights advocate.
Daniel Sheppard - Attorney and member of Hassan's legal team.

The evening will also feature:
Live musical entertainment
Poetry reading
Raffle and silent auction
Complimentary snacks and refreshments

Admission is free. All are welcome. Bring your family and friends!

 

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Tell Harper: No Secret Spying!  
 

Openmedia.ca - According to online surveillance expert Ron Deibert, a secretive Canadian government agency is collecting our sensitive private information, giving them the power to "pinpoint not only who you are, but with whom you meet, with what frequency and duration, and at which locations." We need to use this moment-when privacy issues are in the spotlight-to get answers. Call on the government to stop this secretive spying scheme, and to tell Canadians exactly what's going on. We deserve to know