Canadian military deploys spooks against possible Arctic spies and sabotage
Jan 11, 2015
Canadian military deploys spooks against possible Arctic spies and sabotage
ARCTIC
Sean Kilpatrick,THE CANADIAN PRESS
2014 - Iqaluit, Nunavut
Hamilton Spectator
By Murray Brewster
OTTAWA — The Canadian military has been routinely deploying a counter-intelligence team to guard against possible spying, terrorism and sabotage during its annual Arctic exercise.
The move is unusual, in the view of intelligence experts, because Operation Nanook is conducted on Canadian soil in remote parts of the Far North, and foreign involvement is limited to friendly, close allies.
Wesley Wark, a University of Ottawa professor, says it's also curious because guarding against such threats at home is usually the purview of either the Canadian Security Intelligence Service or the RCMP.
A spokesman for the military's intelligence branch says the team has been deployed every year since 2008, which is two years after Prime Minister Stephen Harper began attending the military exercise with members of the Parliamentary Press Gallery in tow.
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http://www.thespec.com/news-story/5252462-canadian-military-deploys-spooks-against-possible-arctic-spies-and-sabotage/
