Cyberspy Agency Breached Law by Directing Actions at Canadian: Watchdog Report

Cyberspy Agency Breached Law by Directing Actions at Canadian: Watchdog Report
The Communications Security Establishment Canada (CSEC) complex is pictured in Ottawa on Oct. 15, 2013. Sean Kilpatrick/The Canadian Press
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The national intelligence watchdog says Canada’s cyberspy agency violated a law that forbids it from focusing on Canadians when it analyzed information from an electronic device.

The National Security and Intelligence Review Agency details the lapse in a newly released report that looked at how the Communications Security Establishment and the Canadian Security Intelligence Service work together.