The first rule of spy club: you do not talk about spy club

It makes sense for nations to share intelligence where they can.

Shelly Bruce, a linguist and former intelligence analyst, leads Canada's codebreaking agency, the Communications Security Establishment. CSE, National Defence, and CSIS, the Canadian Security Intelligence Service, are responsible for doing Canada's foreign intelligence work. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY PHIL GURSKI

July 13, 2020

Ottawa—It should come as no surprise to any Canadian that what our intelligence agencies do on a daily basis is rarely, if ever, disclosed publicly. These are secret organizations after all, and nothing is more sacred to the nation’s spies than the protection of their sources and methods. To cit...

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