CSIS watchdog probes spy service's role with Afghan detainees
OTTAWA - The watchdog over CSIS will look into the spy agency's role in interrogating Afghan prisoners.
Gary Filmon, chairman of the Security Intelligence Review Committee, says members are planning a report on CSIS involvement with detainees.
Filmon's comments to the Commons public safety committee come as CSIS officials defend the spy service's work in Afghanistan.
Dick Fadden, director of the Canadian Security Intelligence Service, says the agency talks to suspected Taliban insurgents to gather information.
He says collecting information from people out to harm Canadians, and those who know them, has saved lives.
Fadden says CSIS is investigating over 200 individuals in Canada whose activities meet the definition of terrorism.
He adds that the spy service is spending more energy operating abroad because threats transcend borders.
