Judge orders CSIS to stop listening to calls between terror suspects and lawyers

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Source: CBC

A Federal Court judge issued an order late Thursday to Canada's spy agency to cease intercepting telephone conversations between terrorism suspects and their defence lawyers, and delete any conversations its agents inadvertently record.

Carolyn Layden-Stevenson's order came after documents she released in a Toronto court earlier in the day revealed that the Canadian Security Intelligence Service had been monitoring the calls to ensure the suspects don't breach stringent bail conditions.

"The CSIS analyst … listens to all intercepted communications, including solicitor-client communications if any," Layden-Stevenson wrote.

Lawyers defending terrorism suspects expressed outrage at the spy service's actions.

Read more: http://www.cbc.ca/canada/story/2008/12/18/csis-terror-wiretaps.html

[TaffyMoon]

1. How sad is this -

They really think they have the right to do this quite openly.