CSIS kept tabs on 274 terror suspects last year

posted on October 29, 2006 | in Category CSIS | PermaLink

Original author: Jeff Sallot Source: The Globe and Mail URL: [link] Date: October 27, 2006 CSIS

OTTAWA — The Canadian Security Intelligence Service had 274 individual terrorist suspects in its sights last year, according to a new government report that identifies Islamic extremism as the biggest terrorist threat facing Canada. A total of 31 organizations came under suspicion and were targeted for investigation by the CSIS anti-terrorism branch, the report says. The numbers are contained in a report released Thursday by the Security Intelligence Review Committee, a watchdog panel that oversees CSIS operations. This is the first time SIRC has published the numbers of targets formally authorized for investigation by senior CSIS managers.

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