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In spies he trusts? In Cuba, Trump looks again to CIA chief, rather than a diplomat, to deliver a message

Listen to this article Estimated 5 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results. It was a not-so-secret meeting, which saw U.S. President Donald Trump, not for the first time, …

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How RCMP spies infiltrated the 1970s Indigenous rights movement

The Mounties called it the “Native extremism program.” Today, it sounds like a spy novel. Intelligence dossiers stuffed with documents. Wiretaps. Paid informants. Covert operatives with code numbers like “A-828.” A Red Power dissident photo album. Surreptitious surveillance at homes, offices, airports and bars. But it wasn’t fiction. In fact, …

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Why Canada’s spies worry about Trump’s national intelligence nominee

Hillary Clinton once called her a “Russian asset” — and that was while Tulsi Gabbard was still a Democrat. Of all of Donald Trump’s cabinet picks, none have caused so many reservations from within the Republican Party — and that’s in a field that includes a health secretary nominee who …

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Friction among regional spies, shadowy CSIS HQ unit a challenge for new intelligence boss

Whoever takes over the top job at CSIS this fall will face deep fissures inside Canada’s intelligence agency that are hampering efforts to probe and disrupt Chinese foreign interference. Little-noticed items in two recent reports by federal national security oversight agencies pointed to the overriding problem and challenge:  intelligence officers …

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