Canada & the World CREC 6436 Rev A 2019

Canada & the WorldCREC 6436A brief overview of the functions and operations of Canada’sDepartment of Global AffairsBob HillierPART IISecurity Issues

There are two Federal Government Institutions we should take a quick look at.

1. CSIS -Staff 2500, Budget 516 million, Minister Ralph Goodale–Hived off from RCMP Security division in 1984 Discuss bureaucracy

What do they do ???? https://www.canada.ca/en/security-intelligence-service.html1 Provide security checks and classifications for all Government DepartmentsDiscuss Confidential, Secret, Top Secret (loyalty)2. Investigate terrorist threats (internally and offshore) agents in some sensitive missions etc.Discuss Bartoff case, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Igor_Gouzenko3.Weapons of Mass DestructionInvestigating a growing number of foreign states and terrorist organizations that seek to developand produce weapons of mass destruction, including chemical, biological, nuclear, andradiological weapons.4. Espionage & Foreign InterferenceInvestigating clandestine activities by foreign governments that put Canada's national security at risk.Discuss Keeping track of foreign diplomats, spying on government departments etc. https://youtu.be/XbfrSTf4aNY

2. CSE COMMUNICATIONS SECURITY ESTABLISHMENT •To acquire and use information from the global information infrastructure for the purpose of providing foreign intelligence, in accordance with Government of Canada intelligence priorities.•To provide advice, guidance and services to help ensure the protection of electronic information and of information infrastructures of importance to the Government of Canada.•To provide technical and operational assistance to federal law enforcement and security agencies in the performance of their lawful duties.

Organisation Staff 1900, Budget 829 millionMinister - Minister of Defense Harjit SajjanChief - Shelly BruceOriginally part of the NRC from 1946Was a top secret organization until CBC 5 Estate program in 1974thhttps://www.cse-cst.gc.ca/en/about-apropos/chief-chefApart from the Building in Ottawa it controls a military signals listing station in Leitrim outside of OttawaThis establishment remotely controls radio intercept stations in Alert, Nunavut Gander NFL and Masset BC.Some of these duties are holdovers from the “cold war”. SIGINTDiscuss 5 flags., Echelon etc.



Leitrim - just outside of Ottawa





Aerial near Gander airport

The CSE antenna at Masset similar to the one in –Gander

Communications places if interest in BC1. MassettCSE2. BamfieldCable relay station - All red route3. Aldergrove Pacific Cable Backup paired with Irrirangi in NZ–4. Green Island - North Pacific Loran stn (with Hawaii and Alaska)5. Ocean Station Papahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All_Red_Linehttp://nauticapedia.ca/Gallery/Cable_Innovator.php



Other Functions of CSEIT Security Global Affairs, CBSA, RCMP, National Defense Discuss COMSECCrypto Systems and analysis DiscussForeign Signal Intelligence service CRAY ComputersCOMSEC TEMPEST Discuss Red/Black etcBugs, SweepsDiscuss Confidential, Secret, Top Secret Protected “A”, Protected “B” etc.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ECHELON

In 1946, Soviet school children presented a two footwooden replica of the Great Seal of the United Statesto Ambassador Averell Harriman.The Ambassador hung the seal in his office in SpasoHouse (Ambassador's residence). During George F.Kennan's ambassadorship in 1952, a secret technicalsurveillancecountermeasures(TSCM)inspectiondiscovered that the seal contained a microphone and aresonant cavity which could be stimulated from an outsideradio signal.

The United States built a secret tunnel under the Soviet Embassy in Washington, but investigators believe the operation was betrayed by the FBI agent accused of spying for Moscow, according to a New York Times report.This operation, which current U.S. law enforcement and intelligence officials indicated was run jointly by the FBI and the National Security Agency, was part of a broad American effort to eavesdrop on Soviet - later Russian - facilities and personnel operating in the United States, the paper's Sunday Internet edition wrote.Incensed by the report, Russia's Foreign Ministry on Monday demanded that the United States provide details. The ministry issued a statement suggesting that Moscow was officially unaware of the tunnel's existence.If the report is true, the statement said, \"this will be a flagrant violation of the recognized norms of international law that throughout the world govern relations with foreign diplomatic missions.\"\"If it were true that such a tunnel were dug, I couldn't talk about it anyway,\" Vice President Dick Cheneytold CBS News' Face The Nation on Sunday.CostSeveral hundred million dollarsIn contravention of the Vienna protocols

Lets look at some TEMPEST equipment

Cryptology (Encoding and decoding)To decode we need a key. This could be many things 1. One time pad2. Common book (say a Gideon bible)3 Machine4. Other methods could be invisible ink, micro dots, hidden in textCode V C I Y J G XKey 1234567Base A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

Here is a picture I took in the Polish War museum in Warsaw. These are the original Enigma machines captured by the Poles and given to the British for their work in “Bletchley Park” see movie “The imitation Game” Discuss Colossushttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G2_Q9FoD-oQ

Some modern versions





Official Secrets ActWho are these guyshttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WikiLeakshttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Snowden

Things the government does in your nameRendition (USA)Torture (USA, Russia, China, UK, France, etc.)Criminal RecordsAssociationsPropriety Business InfoRelationshipsMedical RecordsArrangements with other countries(secret clauses in NAFTA, TPP etcDocumentsPositions in Treaty NegotiationsMilitary equipment and operational details