Trudeau Defends Csis After Uk Author Claims Agency Whistleblower Smuggled Girls To Syria

A new book by UK-based author Richard Kerbaj — The Secret History of the Five Eyes — is set to be released on Thursday. It claims that a Canadian Security and Intelligence Service (CSIS) informant smuggled Shamima Begum, then 15, and her school friends Kadiza Sultana and Amira Abase — 16 and 15 at the time — to northern Syria, and that the informant said the Canadians its operators. The book goes on to claim that CSIS later approached the counter-terrorism unit of London’s Metropolitan Police – which was investigating the disappearance of the teenagers – and asked not to be the focus of attention. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says CSIS and other intelligence agencies must adhere to “strict rules.” (Adrian Wyld/The Canadian Press) Trudeau said the government would follow up on the allegations. “The fight against terrorism requires our intelligence agencies to continue to be flexible and creative in their approaches,” Trudeau said after swearing in two ministers on Thursday. “But every step of the way they are bound by strict rules, by principles and values ​​that Canadians hold dear, including the Charter of Rights and Freedoms, and we expect those rules to be upheld.” Trudeau said “there are strong oversight mechanisms” governing the intelligence services – a reference to the National Security and Intelligence Committee of Parliamentarians (NSICOP). (Left to right) Kadiza Sultana, 16, Shamima Begum, 15, and 15-year-old Amira Abase go through security at Gatwick Airport before boarding a flight to Turkey on February 17, 2015. (Metropolitan Police/The Associated Press) Kerbaj alleges that the whistleblower, Mohammed Al Rasheed, facilitated the teenage girls’ travel to ISIS-controlled Syria, took phone pictures of the passports used by the British schoolgirls and showed them to his Canadian handler in Jordan. By the time information was passed to the UK and the Metropolitan Police, Kerbaj claims, the girls were already in ISIS territory. Two of the girls – Sultana and Abbase – are now dead, while Begum was denied permission to return to the UK and stripped of her British citizenship. Her lawyers argued that stripping her of her citizenship was unfair because she was a victim of human trafficking. Tasnime Akunjee, one of her lawyers, told CBC Radio As It Happens on Wednesday that the fact that his client was trafficked is well known, but hearing that Canadian officials knew about it is “helpful” to her case . “The fact is that they reported it to the police, who did not report it to us. Either Richard Walton, the head of the investigation at the time, decided over the past seven years not to mention any of this to the family, but rather to put it in a book he was happy to publish, which we think is rather outrageous part of it,” Akunji said, referring to Walton’s interview with Kerbai about the upcoming book.

A “twisted phrase”

Trudeau’s assertion that intelligence agencies are expected to be “flexible” and “creative” drew a sharp response from Akunjee, who cited the rendition and torture of Canadian engineer Mahar Arar in Syria in the early 2000s.
“It’s good for a prime minister or a president or a head of state to say, ‘Yes, we’re following the rules,’ but obviously that’s not the case,” Akunji said. “In many examples, and in this case, being flexible is probably a, maybe, twisted phrase when you’re talking about the value of intelligence more than children’s lives.” Both Canadian and British security officials say they do not comment on intelligence matters. Begum is currently living in a detention camp in northern Syria. She has given birth to three children, all of whom died young.

title: “Trudeau Defends Csis After Uk Author Claims Agency Whistleblower Smuggled Girls To Syria Klmat” ShowToc: true date: “2022-12-07” author: “Earnest Hudkins”

A new book by UK-based author Richard Kerbaj — The Secret History of the Five Eyes — is set to be released on Thursday. It claims that a Canadian Security and Intelligence Service (CSIS) informant smuggled Shamima Begum, then 15, and her school friends Kadiza Sultana and Amira Abase — 16 and 15 at the time — to northern Syria, and that the informant said the Canadians its operators. The book goes on to claim that CSIS later approached the counter-terrorism unit of London’s Metropolitan Police – which was investigating the disappearance of the teenagers – and asked not to be the focus of attention. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says CSIS and other intelligence agencies must adhere to “strict rules.” (Adrian Wyld/The Canadian Press) Trudeau said the government would follow up on the allegations. “The fight against terrorism requires our intelligence agencies to continue to be flexible and creative in their approaches,” Trudeau said after swearing in two ministers on Thursday. “But every step of the way they are bound by strict rules, by principles and values ​​that Canadians hold dear, including the Charter of Rights and Freedoms, and we expect those rules to be upheld.” Trudeau said “there are strong oversight mechanisms” governing the intelligence services – a reference to the National Security and Intelligence Committee of Parliamentarians (NSICOP). (Left to right) Kadiza Sultana, 16, Shamima Begum, 15, and 15-year-old Amira Abase go through security at Gatwick Airport before boarding a flight to Turkey on February 17, 2015. (Metropolitan Police/The Associated Press) Kerbaj alleges that the whistleblower, Mohammed Al Rasheed, facilitated the teenage girls’ travel to ISIS-controlled Syria, took phone pictures of the passports used by the British schoolgirls and showed them to his Canadian handler in Jordan. By the time information was passed to the UK and the Metropolitan Police, Kerbaj claims, the girls were already in ISIS territory. Two of the girls – Sultana and Abbase – are now dead, while Begum was denied permission to return to the UK and stripped of her British citizenship. Her lawyers argued that stripping her of her citizenship was unfair because she was a victim of human trafficking. Tasnime Akunjee, one of her lawyers, told CBC Radio As It Happens on Wednesday that the fact that his client was trafficked is well known, but hearing that Canadian officials knew about it is “helpful” to her case . “The fact is that they reported it to the police, who did not report it to us. Either Richard Walton, the head of the investigation at the time, decided over the past seven years not to mention any of this to the family, but rather to put it in a book he was happy to publish, which we think is rather outrageous part of it,” Akunji said, referring to Walton’s interview with Kerbai about the upcoming book.

A “twisted phrase”

Trudeau’s assertion that intelligence agencies are expected to be “flexible” and “creative” drew a sharp response from Akunjee, who cited the rendition and torture of Canadian engineer Mahar Arar in Syria in the early 2000s.
“It’s good for a prime minister or a president or a head of state to say, ‘Yes, we’re following the rules,’ but obviously that’s not the case,” Akunji said. “In many examples, and in this case, being flexible is probably a, maybe, twisted phrase when you’re talking about the value of intelligence more than children’s lives.” Both Canadian and British security officials say they do not comment on intelligence matters. Begum is currently living in a detention camp in northern Syria. She has given birth to three children, all of whom died young.

title: “Trudeau Defends Csis After Uk Author Claims Agency Whistleblower Smuggled Girls To Syria Klmat” ShowToc: true date: “2022-10-23” author: “Todd Ward”

A new book by UK-based author Richard Kerbaj — The Secret History of the Five Eyes — is set to be released on Thursday. It claims that a Canadian Security and Intelligence Service (CSIS) informant smuggled Shamima Begum, then 15, and her school friends Kadiza Sultana and Amira Abase — 16 and 15 at the time — to northern Syria, and that the informant said the Canadians its operators. The book goes on to claim that CSIS later approached the counter-terrorism unit of London’s Metropolitan Police – which was investigating the disappearance of the teenagers – and asked not to be the focus of attention. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says CSIS and other intelligence agencies must adhere to “strict rules.” (Adrian Wyld/The Canadian Press) Trudeau said the government would follow up on the allegations. “The fight against terrorism requires our intelligence agencies to continue to be flexible and creative in their approaches,” Trudeau said after swearing in two ministers on Thursday. “But every step of the way they are bound by strict rules, by principles and values ​​that Canadians hold dear, including the Charter of Rights and Freedoms, and we expect those rules to be upheld.” Trudeau said “there are strong oversight mechanisms” governing the intelligence services – a reference to the National Security and Intelligence Committee of Parliamentarians (NSICOP). (Left to right) Kadiza Sultana, 16, Shamima Begum, 15, and 15-year-old Amira Abase go through security at Gatwick Airport before boarding a flight to Turkey on February 17, 2015. (Metropolitan Police/The Associated Press) Kerbaj alleges that the whistleblower, Mohammed Al Rasheed, facilitated the teenage girls’ travel to ISIS-controlled Syria, took phone pictures of the passports used by the British schoolgirls and showed them to his Canadian handler in Jordan. By the time information was passed to the UK and the Metropolitan Police, Kerbaj claims, the girls were already in ISIS territory. Two of the girls – Sultana and Abbase – are now dead, while Begum was denied permission to return to the UK and stripped of her British citizenship. Her lawyers argued that stripping her of her citizenship was unfair because she was a victim of human trafficking. Tasnime Akunjee, one of her lawyers, told CBC Radio As It Happens on Wednesday that the fact that his client was trafficked is well known, but hearing that Canadian officials knew about it is “helpful” to her case . “The fact is that they reported it to the police, who did not report it to us. Either Richard Walton, the head of the investigation at the time, decided over the past seven years not to mention any of this to the family, but rather to put it in a book he was happy to publish, which we think is rather outrageous part of it,” Akunji said, referring to Walton’s interview with Kerbai about the upcoming book.

A “twisted phrase”

Trudeau’s assertion that intelligence agencies are expected to be “flexible” and “creative” drew a sharp response from Akunjee, who cited the rendition and torture of Canadian engineer Mahar Arar in Syria in the early 2000s.
“It’s good for a prime minister or a president or a head of state to say, ‘Yes, we’re following the rules,’ but obviously that’s not the case,” Akunji said. “In many examples, and in this case, being flexible is probably a, maybe, twisted phrase when you’re talking about the value of intelligence more than children’s lives.” Both Canadian and British security officials say they do not comment on intelligence matters. Begum is currently living in a detention camp in northern Syria. She has given birth to three children, all of whom died young.

title: “Trudeau Defends Csis After Uk Author Claims Agency Whistleblower Smuggled Girls To Syria Klmat” ShowToc: true date: “2022-11-17” author: “Cecil Noy”

A new book by UK-based author Richard Kerbaj — The Secret History of the Five Eyes — is set to be released on Thursday. It claims that a Canadian Security and Intelligence Service (CSIS) informant smuggled Shamima Begum, then 15, and her school friends Kadiza Sultana and Amira Abase — 16 and 15 at the time — to northern Syria, and that the informant said the Canadians its operators. The book goes on to claim that CSIS later approached the counter-terrorism unit of London’s Metropolitan Police – which was investigating the disappearance of the teenagers – and asked not to be the focus of attention. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says CSIS and other intelligence agencies must adhere to “strict rules.” (Adrian Wyld/The Canadian Press) Trudeau said the government would follow up on the allegations. “The fight against terrorism requires our intelligence agencies to continue to be flexible and creative in their approaches,” Trudeau said after swearing in two ministers on Thursday. “But every step of the way they are bound by strict rules, by principles and values ​​that Canadians hold dear, including the Charter of Rights and Freedoms, and we expect those rules to be upheld.” Trudeau said “there are strong oversight mechanisms” governing the intelligence services – a reference to the National Security and Intelligence Committee of Parliamentarians (NSICOP). (Left to right) Kadiza Sultana, 16, Shamima Begum, 15, and 15-year-old Amira Abase go through security at Gatwick Airport before boarding a flight to Turkey on February 17, 2015. (Metropolitan Police/The Associated Press) Kerbaj alleges that the whistleblower, Mohammed Al Rasheed, facilitated the teenage girls’ travel to ISIS-controlled Syria, took phone pictures of the passports used by the British schoolgirls and showed them to his Canadian handler in Jordan. By the time information was passed to the UK and the Metropolitan Police, Kerbaj claims, the girls were already in ISIS territory. Two of the girls – Sultana and Abbase – are now dead, while Begum was denied permission to return to the UK and stripped of her British citizenship. Her lawyers argued that stripping her of her citizenship was unfair because she was a victim of human trafficking. Tasnime Akunjee, one of her lawyers, told CBC Radio As It Happens on Wednesday that the fact that his client was trafficked is well known, but hearing that Canadian officials knew about it is “helpful” to her case . “The fact is that they reported it to the police, who did not report it to us. Either Richard Walton, the head of the investigation at the time, decided over the past seven years not to mention any of this to the family, but rather to put it in a book he was happy to publish, which we think is rather outrageous part of it,” Akunji said, referring to Walton’s interview with Kerbai about the upcoming book.

A “twisted phrase”

Trudeau’s assertion that intelligence agencies are expected to be “flexible” and “creative” drew a sharp response from Akunjee, who cited the rendition and torture of Canadian engineer Mahar Arar in Syria in the early 2000s.
“It’s good for a prime minister or a president or a head of state to say, ‘Yes, we’re following the rules,’ but obviously that’s not the case,” Akunji said. “In many examples, and in this case, being flexible is probably a, maybe, twisted phrase when you’re talking about the value of intelligence more than children’s lives.” Both Canadian and British security officials say they do not comment on intelligence matters. Begum is currently living in a detention camp in northern Syria. She has given birth to three children, all of whom died young.