[governance] FW: [liberationtech] Canadian phone and Internet surveillance program revealed

[michael gurstein]

-----Original Message-----
From: liberationtech-bounces at lists.stanford.edu
[mailto:liberationtech-bounces at lists.stanford.edu] On Behalf Of Nadim
Kobeissi
Sent: Monday, June 10, 2013 11:49 AM
To: liberationtech
Subject: [liberationtech] Canadian phone and Internet surveillance program
revealed

Some news in Canada similar to the NSA revelations in the US:

Defence Minister Peter MacKay approved a secret electronic eavesdropping
program that scours global telephone records and Internet data trails -
including those of Canadians - for patterns of suspicious activity.

Mr. MacKay signed a ministerial directive formally renewing the government's
"metadata" surveillance program on Nov. 21, 2011, according to records
obtained by The Globe and Mail. The program had been placed on a lengthy
hiatus, according to the documents, after a federal watchdog agency raised
concerns that it could lead to warrantless surveillance of Canadians.

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/data-collection-program-got-gre
en-light-from-mackay-in-2011/article12444909/

NK
--
Too many emails? Unsubscribe, change to digest, or change password by
emailing moderator at companys at stanford.edu or changing your settings at
https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech


-------------- next part --------------
____________________________________________________________
You received this message as a subscriber on the list:
     governance at lists.igcaucus.org
To be removed from the list, visit:
     http://www.igcaucus.org/unsubscribing

For all other list information and functions, see:
     http://lists.igcaucus.org/info/governance
To edit your profile and to find the IGC's charter, see:
     http://www.igcaucus.org/

Translate this email: http://translate.google.com/translate_t