M.O.B.E Posted November 16, 2006 Report Share Posted November 16, 2006 An alleged spy is due to appear in court Thursday, two days after he was nabbed in Montreal as he attempted to board a plane.CTV.ca News Staff Officials at the Canadian Security Intelligence Service were working to identify the man, who entered Canada illicitly several years ago, keeping a low profile while developing a false identity, says one report. Canadian Border Services Agency officers arrested the man as he attempted to board a plane in Montreal on Tuesday. He was nabbed on a rarely used national security certificate because he was considered a danger to Canada for espionage. Court documents that were made public Thursday accuse a foreign national "alleging to be Paul William Hampel" of engaging "in an act of espionage or an act of subversion." The man's nationality has not yet been released, but his case is being compared to that of past Russian spies captured in Canada. The man was arrested at Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport at about 6 p.m. on Tuesday, according to Melissa Leclerc, a spokesperson for Stockwell Day, Canada's public safety minister. According to reports, he was about to leave the country when he was nabbed. Leclerc told The Canadian Press she could release few details about the case, because it is currently before the courts.However, she said more information will be released as the case progresses. Barbara Campion, a spokesperson for the Canadian Security Intelligence Service, confirmed the man is in custody. He allegedly arrived in Canada illicitly several years ago. "A security certificate has been issued under the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act against a foreign national alleging to be a Canadian citizen named Paul William Hampel," Campion said. "He is now in custody in Montreal. This is not a counter-terrorism case. More information will become available as the Federal Court process unfolds. Any speculation about the individual's other nationality is premature at this point." The security certificate allows Canada to deport non-citizens who are suspected of posing a danger to Canada. This is the first time Prime Minister Stephen Harper's government has approved a national security certificate, and the first time it has been used since 2003, when alleged al Qaeda-trained sleeper Moroccan Adil Charkaoui was taken into custody. Ten years ago, security officials investigated a married couple in Toronto who went by the names Ian Mackenzie Lambert and Laurie Brodie. A CSIS investigation concluded they were actually Russian spies named Dmitriy Vladimirovoch Olshevskiy and Yelena Borisovna Olshevskaya. They had taken the identities of two dead Canadian children. According to reports, Hampel's methods in Canada matched the techniques used by the Russian intelligence agency's Directorate S, which runs the Russian spy network. The national security certificate system has drawn criticism from human rights activists, lawyers and scholars. The certificates have now been used in 28 cases, almost all involving terrorism or espionage, since 1991. Former chief of strategic planning at CSIS, David Harris, says it is unlikely the public will learn much more when the suspect appears before a federal court judge."I don't think we're going to get the most intimate of details, no, not at all," he told CTV Montreal.[color:red]"We'll see a public version of the allegations that will be released by the federal court judge who is going to be responsible for reviewing the basis upon which cabinet will have declared this individual subject to a security certificate. beyond that, though, we may see things settle more quietly between governments."Dispelling the notion that espionage within Canadian borders went out of fashion with the end of the Cold War and the fall of the Berlin Wall, Harris says there are likely several countries interested in spying on Canada.They may be seeking information on conventional secrets such as military or political information, Harris told CTV Montreal."There are also influence operations where countries might try to influence their expatriates and émigré communities in Canada. Beyond that, there is a real appetite building among many countries for technological secrets," he said."They can be of use to industries of the sponsoring nations and these things can have values in the billions for the economies of those countries undertaking these operations."The danger lies in confidential information reaching the wrong contacts, he warned."We shouldn't forget that it can be involved in terrorism to the extent that if you have countries like Iran involved in stealing secrets, technological ones, ones with implications for chemical, nuclear and biological weapons, then of course that can wind up being invested in nuclear programs," Harris said."And those secrets can leak out and be used in the service of groups like Hezbollah and other Iranian proxies." The part I put in red up there is the most interesting part of the whole story. If it really happened, why can't we know about it? It doesnt have to be blown out of proportion but if someone is spying, wouldn't Canadians want to know?? I also would like to see how the 'public version" differs from the real account of what happened and why. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djmelbatoast Posted November 16, 2006 Report Share Posted November 16, 2006 Interesting that it was at P.E. Trudeau airport and his son has been the most vocal protester against these terrible, facist security certificates. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davey Boy 2.0 Posted November 17, 2006 Report Share Posted November 17, 2006 Well this much is plain to me, an anagram for Paul William Hampel isA LLAMA HIE WILL PUMPHe's obviously looking to get involved in Canada's burgeoning illicit Llama prostitution industry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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