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The Guardian - US
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Leyland Cecco in Toronto

‘This is very bad for them’: months of leaks rattle Canada’s low-profile spy agency

A sign outside the CSIS headquarters in Ottawa
A sign outside the CSIS headquarters in Ottawa. Photograph: Chris Wattie/Reuters

Most Canadians have no idea where the country’s spy agency is located, nor do they know much about its daily operations. This is not because the Canadian Security Intelligence Service operates in a particularly clandestine fashion, it’s because most Canadians don’t care.

The CSIS, a civilian-run organisation based in a triangular structure of concrete and glass on the outskirts of Ottawa, lacks the intrigue of Britain’s MI5 and the notoriety of America’s Central Intelligence Agency.

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