When I asked the Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS) whether it has files on me or DeSmog Canada, I got a response that’s been used as a non-answer by government spokespeople and celebrity publicists for 40-plus years: We can “neither confirm nor deny” the records exist.
The intelligence body doesn’t have to disclose such information because it’s exempt from Canada’s Access to Information legislation since it relates to “the detecting, preventing or suppressing subversive or hostile activities.”
Hmph. Some part of me was expecting them to simply say “no.” While non-denial denial responses like this are pretty par (Read more…)