Canada's Global Spying Program Useless, Hinders Anti-Terrorism Efforts

© Praxis FilmsAccording to the report, which was produced in conjunction with the Intercept and is based on 2012 documents leaked by US whistleblower and former NSA contractor Edward Snowden, the surveillance dragnet codenamed Levitation has covered allied trading partners such as the US, Britain, Brazil, Germany, Spain, and Portugal.
According to the report, which was produced in conjunction with the Intercept and is based on 2012 documents leaked by US whistleblower and former NSA contractor Edward Snowden, the surveillance dragnet codenamed Levitation has covered allied trading partners such as the US, Britain, Brazil, Germany, Spain, and Portugal. - Sputnik International
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Former CIA analyst Raymond McGovern commented on the Canada's recently unveiled global surveillance program.

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MOSCOW, January 29 (Sputnik), Alexander Mosesov — Canada's recently unveiled global surveillance program is ineffective and even hinders the country's anti-terrorism efforts, former CIA analyst Raymond McGovern told Sputnik on Thursday.

On Wednesday, the Canada Broadcasting Corporation (CBC), in collaboration with The Intercept, revealed the country's Communications Security Establishment's (CSE) 'Levitation' program that monitors over 100 file-sharing websites in search of extremist-related content.

"[The] Supreme irony here is that no one has been able to cite one, just one example of how such intrusive surveillance has prevented a terrorist attack," McGovern said.

The former CIA analyst added that apart from being ineffective, the program also hinders anti-terrorism efforts, as great amounts of expertise and resources are spent "on an exercise that simply builds a very high haystack with the associated trouble and trying to find a needle."

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Speaking of the CSE intelligence agency, McGovern said it is "kind of a subdivision of the NSA and the Five Eyes [intelligence agencies' alliance of Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the United Kingdom and the United States]."

The analyst also told Sputnik that since Canada's major media outlets picked up the story, "there's a good chance that Canadians will object [to the 'Levitation' program]."

Critics blame the country's recently revealed surveillance program for a lack of oversight that allows the CSE to carry out spying activities with impunity.

Earlier, NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden revealed that Canada was carrying out espionage missions on behalf of the NSA in nearly 20 countries despite its "neutral" reputation on the global stage.

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