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[–] deeferg@lemmy.world 4 points 6 days ago (3 children)

The way I understand CSIS is it's more focused on tracking online actions, akin to chats plotting terrorism. I dont think they focus on actual bodies in other countries or tracking other country activities.

[–] ValueSubtracted@startrek.website 7 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Yeah, from what I've gathered from previous articles on the topic, CSIS does not have boots-on-the-ground spies, foreign assets, or the infrastructure to support them.

[–] Rocketpoweredgorilla@lemmy.ca 5 points 6 days ago

Huh Til... sounds like many other agencies that are there in spirit... but semi gutted and underfunded in reality.

[–] Rocketpoweredgorilla@lemmy.ca 7 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

They've been around since 1984 and they used to do much more than just online stuff.

The Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS, SCRS) is a foreign intelligence service and security agency of the federal government of Canada. It is responsible for gathering, processing, and analyzing national security information from around the world and conducting covert action within Canada and abroad. The CSIS has no law enforcement function and mainly focuses on intelligence gathering overseas.

I've had family work there, but obviously they never talked about it much so maybe I just misunderstood what they were doing exactly.

[–] ragepaw@lemmy.ca 3 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

I think something everyone forgets is, if we had human based foreign intelligence services, if they were good at their jobs, we would never know.

We also have multiple agencies, not just CSIS that conducts intelligence operations. CSE and CFINTCOM come to mind, as well as others. In fact, CFINTCOM specifically calls this out on their Canada.ca page; "strategic, operational and tactical human intelligence resources"

Edit: Just found this job posting

https://www.cmfmag.ca/policy/call-for-applications-for-joint-task-force-x-source-handler-operators/

https://www.canada.ca/en/department-national-defence/services/benefits-military/education-training/establishments/canadian-forces-school-military-intelligence.html