Some politicians under foreign influence: CSIS

Some politicians under foreign influence: CSIS
Last Updated: Tuesday, June 22, 2010 | 10:28 PM ET Comments398Recommend214
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Richard Fadden, the director of the Canadian Security Intelligence Service, is interviewed by the CBC's Peter Mansbridge.Richard Fadden, the director of the Canadian Security Intelligence Service, is interviewed by the CBC's Peter Mansbridge. (CBC)

Canada's spy agency suspects cabinet ministers in two provinces are under the control of foreign governments, CBC News has learned.

Several members of B.C. municipal governments are also under suspicion, Richard Fadden, the director of the Canadian Security Intelligence Service, told CBC News in an exclusive interview.

"We're in fact a bit worried in a couple of provinces that we have an indication that there's some political figures who have developed quite an attachment to foreign countries," Fadden said.

At least five countries are surreptitiously recruiting future political prospects in universities, with China acting the most aggressively, he said. But Middle East countries are also involved.

"A number of countries take the view that if they can develop influence with people relatively early in their careers, they'll follow them through," Fadden said. "Before you know it a country is providing them with money, there's some sort of covert guidance."

Read more: http://www.cbc.ca/politics/story/2010/06/22/spying-csis.html#ixzz0reCQrHsb


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In the vastness of the internet, some news articles have a habit of mysteriously vanishing , never to be seen again. So I'm just going to clip this one and hang onto it , if you don't mind too much. It's down played here, but it's a pretty outragous accusation. If it wasn't CSIS making these accusations, I would probably ignore it as part of the tin foil hat crowd , but since it isn't ...