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CIA spied on left-wing Canadians in '60s, '70s: documents
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| Contributor | Monsieur |
| Last Edited | Monsieur Jun 30, 2007 08:14pm |
| Category | News |
| News Date | Jun 29, 2007 08:00pm |
| Description | The Central Intelligence Agency spied on Canadians critical of the Vietnam War during the late 1960s and '70s in an operation code-named "MH Chaos," CBC News has learned.
The U.S. spy agency targeted university professors, students and other Canadians who the agency believed were espousing left-wing ideas.
CBC News found out about the surveillance program's activities north of the border after obtaining declassified CIA documents.
According to the files, MH Chaos was a parallel undertaking to the CIA's "Operation Chaos," a domestic program that kept tabs on left-wing activity on U.S. college campuses.
The agency developed a network of informants on Canadian campuses in the late 1960s and had reports sent down from Ottawa to the CIA's headquarters at Langley, Va. |
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