You can read below about the most recent news and upgrades to the CIRC website.

• CIRC recorded today its 31,000th visit!
  [2006-05-19]
  
  
• Reviewed and updated all CIRC webpages throughout the website. Renamed the Standing Committee on Public Safety and National Security section in accordance with the official name. Added links to official webpages in the introductory paragraph of the various organisations presented throughout the CIRC website. Added a batch of 30 new resources onto CIRC database.
  [2006-05-17]
  
  
• CIRC recorded today its 30,000th visit!
  [2006-04-11]
  
  

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Counterterror tool time
The evidence usually takes the form of raw intelligence which couldn't be entered in a court of law anyway. The fact that security certificates have a much lower burden of proof probably explains why Ottawa prefers them to criminal charges under  [...]
HTML | Published: 2006-05-31 | Added: 2006-06-01

Canada spy warns of home-grown terror
A Canadian intelligence official has warned lawmakers that the country faces a threat of home-grown terrorists and could see itself the victim of an attack similar to the 7 July bombings of London's transport network.
HTML | Published: 2006-05-31 | Added: 2006-06-01

CSIS concedes nine of 10 immigration applicants not screened
About 90 per cent of immigration applicants from Pakistan and Afghanistan hotbeds for Islamic fundamentalism and central in the fight against terrorism haven't been adequately screened for security concerns over the past five years, CSIS said.
HTML | Published: 2006-05-30 | Added: 2006-05-30

Senate grills witnesses on Afghan mission
RCMP Commissioner Giuliano Zaccardelli and CSIS Director Jim Judd were expected to answer questions about whether Canada faces a greater threat to security within its own borders because of what its troops are doing to help rebuild Afghanistan.
HTML | Published: 2006-05-29 | Added: 2006-05-30

National security organizations open up on racial profiling, 'secret police'
Fears about racial profiling, secret evidence and abuse of power were at the forefront of a discussion between Edmontonians and Canadian security organizations. Representatives from CSIS, the RCMP and CBSA met with about 50 members of the public.
HTML | Published: 2006-05-29 | Added: 2006-05-30

Home-grown terrorists living in Canada: CSIS
CSIS is warning of an increasing threat from home-grown terrorists already living in communities across the country. Young Canadians from immigrant backgrounds are becoming radicalized through the internet and are looking for targets at home, not  [...]
HTML | Published: 2006-05-29 | Added: 2006-05-30

CSIS stretched too far
Canada's stretched spy agency can vet a mere fraction of immigrants and refugees coming from the fertile terrorist breeding grounds of Pakistan and Afghanistan, says a top CSIS official.
HTML | Published: 2006-05-29 | Added: 2006-05-30

CSIS to be investigated
The watchdog over CSIS has been asked to probe the prickly question of whether the spy agency relies on information extracted through torture.
HTML | Published: 2006-05-28 | Added: 2006-05-30

New CSIS organisational chart
The Service's new structure is geographically-based, with each branch being responsible for investigating all threats emanating from their respective geographic areas.
JPG | Published: 2006-05-01 | Added: 2006-05-30

CSIS implements a new operational structure
The Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS) implemented a new operational structure on May 1st, 2006.
HTML | Published: 2006-05-01 | Added: 2006-05-30