Report: Canada let NSA spy on the G20 summit , G8

Report: Canada let NSA spy on the G20 summit , G8


 Canada let the U.S. National Security Agency ( NSA ) to spy on the G20 summit in Toronto in 2010 and the G8 summit a few days earlier , according to documents cited by the public television station CBC .

Note that the NSA information disclosed by Edward Snowden , a former NSA employee who is now a fugitive in Russia and the U.S. , shows in detail the spy operation during the six days that launched the U.S. embassy in Ottawa .

The documents do mention surveillance when U.S. President Barack Obama and 25 other heads of government met in the territory of Canada in June 2010 was intended to " support U.S. policy goals . "

G20 Summit in Toronto to focus the discussion on efforts to awaken the global economic recovery and prevent the recurrence of the financial crisis .

One of the proposals is about a global tax on banks . The idea was strongly opposed both by Washington and Ottawa and eventually dropped .

G8 leaders meeting in Huntsville , which is located 220 kilometers north of Toronto , before the G20 .

The documents cited by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation said the spying by the U.S. is an activity " that is closely coordinated by the Canadian partners , " namely the Communications Security Establishment Canada .

According to the law , CSEC can not target someone in Canada without a command .

Under international agreements , CSEC is prohibited to allow the NSA or other parties to carry out espionage to represent his country .

CSEC spokesman told AFP that the intelligence was " not targeting Canadians anywhere or anyone in Canada , " also not " ask our international partners to take action against Canadian law " .

The official noted that CSEC activities examined by an independent commission in the last 16 years it has been reported that the agency " still adhere to regulations in carrying out its activities . "

CSEC and the government refused to comment on the operation or the ability of Canadian allies .

The statement was echoed by the CSEC chief John Forster and Defense Minister Rob Nicholson , but it did not satisfy the opposition .

" We know that dilarangan . Question is whether they do the action , yes or no ? " asked the New Democratic Party leader Tom Mulcair in Parliament .

" Is ( CSEC ) helped the Americans to spy on us in Canada during the G20 ? "

U.S. officials in Washington could not be reached for comment .

Australia , England , Canada , USA and New Zealand is a member of a collection of five eyes were sharing intelligence for decades .

The documents reveal previously leaked by Snowden espionage against the leaders of the world , which has led to tension between the United States and its allies in the Wes