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posted by janrinok on Monday March 24 2014, @03:16PM   Printer-friendly
from the they-don't-want-you-to-have-a-voice dept.

Appalbarry writes:

"The National Post reports that the Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS) was involved in planning a response to First Nations "Idle No More" protests.

The legible parts of the report and corresponding PowerPoint presentation, however, show that Ottawa, helped in no small part by CSIS, was planning for every eventuality, concerned by the decentralized, leaderless nature of the protests and the multiple motivations and influences that drove them.

CSIS had previously denied it had any role in monitoring the movement. After reports last summer that the spy agency and its anti-terrorism section had been keeping a watchful eye, the agency said it was only assessing threats against the Idle No More protesters.

Idle No More was a pacifist, grassroots campaign by native organizations to press the government to address their issues. Despite government and CSIS claims to the contrary it was assumed that they were under surveillance.

Canada has a long history of secret surveillance of protest and left wing groups."

 
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  • (Score: 2) by hubie on Monday March 24 2014, @05:04PM

    by hubie (1068) Subscriber Badge on Monday March 24 2014, @05:04PM (#20332) Journal

    I understand pushing the state surveillance angle to the story, but any area that is used to getting organized or unorganized gatherings makes sure to plan for a wide variety of potential events. You want to know things like who is coming, who else might be coming because the first group will be there, how many are expected, how will they arrive and leave, etc., what do we do if X happens, how do we evacuate people if something happens, what if violence breaks out, and so forth. Part of that process is going to want to know what is known about the group that will be gathering. I would presume if, for example, a bunch of English football fans wanted to assemble in a city on St. Patty's day with $1-drafts all day, that (if it was in the US) the FBI and local police would be involved in the planning. I don't think you'd want to change your process just because this group is a bunch of pacifists and this other group are neo-Nazis.

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