EXCLUSIVE - CSEC used airport Wi-Fi to track Canadian travellers: Edward Snowden documents

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http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/csec-used-airport-wi-fi-to-track-canadian-travellers-edward-snowden-documents-1.2517881

By Greg Weston, Glenn Greenwald, Ryan Gallagher
CBC News
Jan 30, 2014

A top secret document retrieved by U.S. whistleblower Edward Snowden and 
obtained by CBC News shows that Canada's electronic spy agency used 
information from the free internet service at a major Canadian airport to 
track the wireless devices of thousands of ordinary airline passengers for 
days after they left the terminal.

After reviewing the document, one of Canada's foremost authorities on 
cyber-security says the clandestine operation by the Communications 
Security Establishment Canada ( CSEC) was almost certainly illegal.

Ronald Deibert told CBC News: "I can't see any circumstance in which this 
would not be unlawful, under current Canadian law, under our Charter, 
under CSEC's mandates."

The spy agency is supposed to be collecting primarily foreign intelligence 
by intercepting overseas phone and internet traffic, and is prohibited by 
law from targeting Canadians or anyone in Canada without a judicial 
warrant.

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