Secret Watchdog Report Warned of ‘Undue Pressure’ From CSIS on Detainees Held Abroad

Secret Watchdog Report Warned of ‘Undue Pressure’ From CSIS on Detainees Held Abroad
Abousfian Abdelrazik in Montreal in a file photo. A highly classified 2006 report by the office of the inspector general for CSIS has come to light through federal disclosure of records to Abdelrazik in his long-running lawsuit against the government. The Canadian Press/Ryan Remiorz
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OTTAWA—Newly disclosed documents show a top-secret federal report—kept under wraps for over a decade—criticized Canada’s spy agency for shortcomings as its members increasingly travelled overseas to interrogate people in foreign prisons in the name of fighting terrorism.

The report warned that new practices were needed because Canadians held abroad had little recourse if tortured by a foreign government.