Steven Blaney unveils new measures to boost CSIS powers

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http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/steven-blaney-unveils-new-measures-to-boost-csis-powers-1.2800404

Canada appears to be mistakenly following the British path as opposed to the American one, which sees informants testifying in court in terrorism cases and facing rigorous cross-examination, said Steve Hewitt, a senior lecturer in Canadian and American studies in the history department of the University of Birmingham in England.

"Informants provide information for a variety of reasons. Some are quite noble, others do it out of blatant self-interest, including the desire for money," said Hewitt, author of Snitch: A History of the Modern Intelligence Informer.

"There must be external scrutiny through a court of law or, inevitably, abuses of justice will occur."