September 13, 2010
IF YOU DON'T USE THE INFORMATION TO SAVE LIVES...:
CSIS would use torture-tainted info, internal notes say (Jim Bronskill, 9/12/10, The Canadian Press)
CSIS will share information received from an international partner with the police and other authorities “even in the rare and extreme circumstance that we have some doubt as to the manner in which the foreign agency acquired it,” say the notes prepared for use by CSIS director Dick Fadden.The notes say that although such information would never be admissible in court to prosecute someone posing an imminent threat, “the government must nevertheless make use of the information to attempt to disrupt that threat before it materializes.”
The CSIS position is “alarming” and contravenes a federal government directive to the spy agency to shun brutal methods, said NDP public safety critic Don Davies. “CSIS appears to be trying to open the door to be able to rely on information derived from torture, and that’s in violation of the policy.”
...is the torture of the terrorist undone? That's the problem with the whole concept of the "fruit of the poisonous tree." Even noxious seeds can yield healthy fruit.
