Your post makes me think a bit about the money alleged to have been given to political candidates. I believe that there is no evidence of the money having actually been distributed to candidates (as the report states). What we don't know is the lengths to which CSIS / RCMP went to investigate this allegation. Did they have warrant access…
Your post makes me think a bit about the money alleged to have been given to political candidates. I believe that there is no evidence of the money having actually been distributed to candidates (as the report states). What we don't know is the lengths to which CSIS / RCMP went to investigate this allegation. Did they have warrant access on the accounts in question? Did they simply rely on human or technical sources? Did they exhaust all means at their disposal?
Which leads to an overarching question I have for our S&I community: how well-resourced are our FI investigations? Does our community have a full picture, or are they just seeing small snippets? We haven't heard anything about that yet, and it's fundamental to understanding the problem, and the context of this report.
These are some solid questions, and I'd be really keen to know. And, I'm not sure if you agree, but it strikes me that this sort of disclosure could be made without compromising sources and methods. ("We served a general warrant to CIBC" or "we asked FINTRAC" isn't earthshattering stuff.) Disappointing that none of that disclosure was made.
Your post makes me think a bit about the money alleged to have been given to political candidates. I believe that there is no evidence of the money having actually been distributed to candidates (as the report states). What we don't know is the lengths to which CSIS / RCMP went to investigate this allegation. Did they have warrant access on the accounts in question? Did they simply rely on human or technical sources? Did they exhaust all means at their disposal?
Which leads to an overarching question I have for our S&I community: how well-resourced are our FI investigations? Does our community have a full picture, or are they just seeing small snippets? We haven't heard anything about that yet, and it's fundamental to understanding the problem, and the context of this report.
These are some solid questions, and I'd be really keen to know. And, I'm not sure if you agree, but it strikes me that this sort of disclosure could be made without compromising sources and methods. ("We served a general warrant to CIBC" or "we asked FINTRAC" isn't earthshattering stuff.) Disappointing that none of that disclosure was made.