On Thu, 2003-09-18 at 17:48, R. Quenett wrote: > mutilated misquotes > from Ted Ozolins's 18 Sep 2003 classic prose > may follow: > > " How on this planet or any other planet do you figure CSIS as a clone of > " HS. If you had likened it to the FBI or the CIA perhaps, but the HS wow! > " it must be good stuff your consuming there. > > The very best;). Want some? > > Actually, you're putting words in my mouth. I didn't specify _what_ > the cSiS was a 'clone of' 'cause I didn't, and don't, care enough to > try and figure it out. > > I did have cia typed in, but then I removed it because I don't know > enough about any of the cia/fbi/hs or the cSiS to be sure of the > equivalency. Is there enough _fact_ on the public record for anyone > to be sure? Amazing how agencies such as these would, if they had > their way, allow no privacy/secrecy to anyone but themselves, don't > you think?
CIA (www.cia.gov/) is, by mandate and by law, a foreign intelligence agency. Their job is to collect analyze and disseminate intelligence material and assessments that support US national security and national interests.By extension, this includes, but is not limited to, US foreign policy. In the British context, the CIA equates to MI6. CSIS (http://www.csis-scrs.gc.ca/eng/menu/welcome_e.html), on the other hand, is a security intelligence agency, as its name implies (Canadian Security Intelligence Service). They replaced their predecessor, the RCMP Security Service (which was disbanded after they were caught burning down a barn - go figure). The principal mission of CSIS is to protect Canada and Canadians from security threats posed by espionage, terrorism, sabotage and subversion. In this context, their mandate is more analogous to the FBI, but without powers of arrest, etc. CSIS is NOT a law enforcement agency, although under certain specified circumstances they may share the information they collect with law enforcement agencies when it is legal to do so and 'within the national interest.' In British terms, CSIS equates almost directly to MI5 (http://www.mi5.gov.uk/index.html) Near as I can tell, none of these are akin in any way to the SS, which was a German elite military organization, with super-legal powers, used to exert political force over the German people, as well as the populations of those countries that the Third Reich occupied. _______________________________________________ General mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/general
