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The evidence is certainly classified and disclosure of details would probably result in unacceptable risk to Canadian and/or other Five Eyes intelligence assets
by Sanzig 3y ago
The evidence is certainly classified and disclosure of details would probably result in unacceptable risk to Canadian and/or other Five Eyes intelligence assets. This is not a court of law, the Canadian government is not obliged to give up the identities of its sources.
Trudeau briefed the leaders of the opposition ahead of the announcement and they are all offering a united front on this. That's enough for me to infer that the intelligence on this must be rock solid.
- rajup 3y ago> The evidence is certainly classified and disclosure of details would probably result in unacceptable risk to Canadian and/or other Five Eyes intelligence assets. How convenient!
- Sanzig 3y agoIf Trudeau is wrong about this, and is proven wrong, his government will fall. People don't blow up bilateral relationships between countries unless they are damned sure of the facts. He is clearly certain, as are the opposition parties which are all offering a common front on the issue. Canada is not required to burn its intelligence assets prove its assertions. Releasing the evidence in a manner that exposes sources and methods just hands India's foreign intelligence apparatus a win because they can then deny Canada and her allies access to those sources.