WikiLeaks Canada: Canadian terror details

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   The leaked cable, one of more than 250,000 stolen from the United States and given to the website WikiLeaks, also describes Judd’s views on several other terror cases in Canada. Judd told Cohen that the use of intelligence sources was a source of legal headaches for CSIS in cases such as Momin Khawaja, the Toronto 18 and Said Namouh. Khawaja, the first Canadian charged under the 2001 anti-terror laws in connection with his part in a British terror plot, is described by Judd as an outlier and not representative of the Canadian Pakistani community, which he described as being made up of lawyers, doctors and engineers unlike its “ghettoized and poorly educated U.K. counterpart.”
   The cable also reveals that Canada has active Hezbollah living in this country. Judd told Cohen that CSIS has responded to possible terror operations by "vigorously harassing" known members of the banned terrorist group.
   Foreign Affairs Minister Lawrence Cannon strongly condemned the release of the information but downplayed any significance for Canada, including the revelation the U.S. diplomats in Ottawa were asked to spy on foreign dignitaries by collecting personal data.
   No, I’m not concerned,” Cannon said when asked about the possibility of Americans spying on Canada. Cannon called the leaked data raw information and maintained that Canada-U.S. relations are strong. In Washington, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton denounced the release of the info and said the Obama administration “deeply regretted” the release of private information.

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