US Spied On Riot-Marred 2010 G20 Summit In Toronto: Report

CBC reported that thedocuments don’t mentionprecise targets of the US spyingoperation but say that planswere “closely coordinated withthe Canadian partner”. Thenational broadcaster’s websitesaid the documents show thatthe NSA used the US embassyin Ottawa as a command postfor a nearly weeklong spyingoperation while PresidentBarack Obama and otherforeign leaders were in Canadain June 2010.TORONTO – Canadianauthorities allowed theNational Security Agency tospy in the country during theG8 and G20 summits in 2010,CBC News reported late onWednesday, citing documentsshared by former NSAcontractor Edward Snowden.The national broadcaster’swebsite said the documentsshow that the NSA used theUS embassy in Ottawa as acommand post for a nearlyweeklong spying operationwhile President Barack Obamaand other foreign leaders werein Canada in June 2010.CBC reported that thedocuments don’t mentionprecise targets of the USspying operation but saythat plans were “closelycoordinated with the Canadianpartner”.The report that came outon Wednesday did not publishthe documents.A spokesman for PrimeMinister Stephen Harper,Jason MacDonald, late onWednesday said that, “We donot comment on operationalmatters related to nationalsecurity.”A spokeswoman forCanada’s equivalent of theNSA, the CommunicationsSecurity EstablishmentCanada, said they could notcomment on the operationsof Canada or its allies.“Under the law, CSECdoes not target Canadiansanywhere or any person inCanada through its foreignintelligence activities,”spokeswoman Lauri Sullivan,said. “CSEC cannot ask ourinternational partners to actin a way that circumventsCanadian laws.”A Canadian civil libertiesgroup, OpenMedia.ca,quickly objected. “It’s … clearthis spying was aimed atsupporting US policy goalsduring a highly contentioussummit,” executive directorSteve Anderson said in astatement.