CSIS Report: National Post Gets Access to Information -- WND Publishes It
Update: More on Canadians' security--or lack thereof--to add to the information just below this, from March 1, 04 and from February 25-26, 04
*** Nota Bene: Date Correction -- Previously, I had made an error in the date of the report just above; I had written March 25-26 when it should have been February 25-26, 04. Changed March 12, 04, NJC ***
Canada admits: We're terror haven -- 22-page intelligence report says 'most notorious' groups still flock to nation Mar. 02, 04, WorldNetDaily.com. The report apparently was dated Oct. 10, 2003, but, because for Canadians to see it required an "access to information" request -- by the National Post -- it was published in the National Post, only on Mar. 01, 04, page 1, under the title Canada a terrorist haven: CSIS. Strangely, it is not on the newspaper's website Mar. 02, 04. (I happen to have it in my hand, so I know it is in the Mar. 1, 04 paper edition.) The problem with publishing in cyberspace is that history can disappear with a touch of the delete button. We shall always need paper newspers and books just to prevent the rewriting of history -- the disappearance of inconvenient facts. NJC
*** The CSIS report confirms a recent U.S. Library of Congress study that said Canada's welfare system, immigration laws, infrequent prosecutions and light sentences had turned the country into "a favored destination for terrorists." ***
[. . . .]The CSIS report confirms a recent U.S. Library of Congress study that said Canada's welfare system, immigration laws, infrequent prosecutions and light sentences had turned the country into "a favored destination for terrorists."
Dozens of those who trained at Osama bin Laden's camps were citizens or residents of Canada. Unlike the United States, which has prosecuted American al-Qaida trainees, Canada has not brought criminal charges against those who attended bin Laden's terrorism schools.
The CSIS report confirms fundraising for terrorism has not stopped in Canada, even though halting the flow of money to such groups as al-Qaida, Hezbollah and Hamas was one of the chief aims of Canada's anti-terrorism bill.
"In Canada, supporters of a number of terrorist groups collect and send money abroad to finance their causes," the report says. "These supporters range from highly structured and well-run organizations ... which can raise substantial sums, to less formalized groups of individuals with limited fundraising abilities. The most effective way of raising money is through community solicitations and fundraising events, often in the name of organizations with charitable status. Other methods include the sale of publications, cultural or social events, or appeals to wealthy members of the community."
