Wednesday, May 31, 2006

[Canada] CSIS concedes nine of 10 immigration applicants not screened / Ottawa Citizen, 30 May 2006

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"About 90 per cent of immigration applicants from Pakistan and Afghanistan hotbeds for Islamic fundamentalism and central in the fight against terrorism haven't been adequately screened for security concerns over the past five years, Canada's spy agency said. The No. 2 man at the Canadian Security Intelligence Service said his organization simply doesn't have the resources necessary to do all the security checks it would like."