Annual Report 2004-2005 - An Operational Review of CSIS Activities

Contents

Statement from the Committee

About this Report

How this Report is Organized
Identifying SIRC Studies: Choices and Challenges

Section 1: A Year in Review 2004-2005

1. Reviews of CSIS Security Intelligence Activities
   Overview: How SIRC Carries Out its Review Function
   
   The Committee's Role in CSIS's Accountability Structure
   SIRC Reviews in 2004-2005
   Review of the Terrorist Entity Listing Process
   Review of CSIS's Investigation of Transnational Criminal Activity
   Review of a Counter-Terrorism Investigation
   Review of Activities and Investigations in a CSIS Regional Office
   Review of a Counter-Proliferation Investigation
   Review of CSIS's Information Operations Centre
   Review of CSIS's Exchanges of Information with Close Allies
   Review of a Counter-Intelligence Investigation
   Terrorist Financing Activities in Canada
   CSIS Liaison with Foreign Agencies: Review of a Security Liaison Post
   Review of Foreign Arrangements
2. Investigation of Complaints
   Reports of Decisions: Case Histories
   
   Human Rights Complaint Referral
   Report: Section 41 ("Any Act or Thing")
   Report: Section 42 (Denial of Security Clearance)
3. Section 54 Report to the Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness

Section 2: CSIS Accountability Mechanisms

1. Reporting Requirements
   Certificate of the Inspector General for 2004
   CSIS Director's Annual Operational Report 2003–2004
   Unlawful Conduct by CSIS
   Section 2(d) Investigations
   Disclosures of Information in the Public or National Interest
2. Policy and Governance Framework
   Annual National Requirements for Security Intelligence
   Ministerial Direction
   Governor-in-Council Regulations and Appointments
   Changes in CSIS Operational Policy
3. CSIS Operational Activities
   Counter Proliferation
   Counter Terrorism
   Counter Intelligence
   Research, Analysis and Production (RAP) Branch
   Security Screening
   CSIS Domestic Arrangements
   Federal Court Warrants and Warrant Statistics

Section 3: Want to Know More? An Overview of SIRC

Committee Membership
Staffing and Organization
Research and Review Activities
Security Intelligence Briefings
Additional Committee Activities
Budget and Expenditures
Inquiries Under the Access to Information and Privacy Acts
Modern Comptrollership

Appendix A: Acronyms

Appendix B: SIRC Reports and Studies Since 1984

Appendix C: Key Findings and Recommendations

Review of the Terrorist Entity Listing Process
Review of CSIS's Investigation of Transnational Criminal Activity
Review of a Counter-Terrorism Investigation
Review of Activities and Investigations in a CSIS Regional Office
Review of a Counter-Proliferation Investigation
Review of CSIS's Information Operations Centre
Review of CSIS's Exchanges of Information with Close Allies
Review of a Counter-Intelligence Investigation.
Terrorist Financing Activities in Canada
CSIS Liaison with Foreign Agencies: Review of a Security Liaison Post.
Review of Foreign Arrangements