Friday, November 17, 2006
Canada Has a Spy Problem
Canada recently appointed a new Ambassador to Russia. His name is Ralph Lysychyn, previously Ambassador to Poland, and he was appointed on July 17th.
These foreign-diplomacy-types don't operate too fast. Ralph had an appointment for yesterday, to officially meet Vladimir Putin, and present his credentials. Needless to say, there was a fairly large elephant in the room.
Nessless to say, Ralph didn't bring the subject up Putin yesterday, but he said on CTV that he had been aware of the situation before meeting Putin. Putin had also been advised of the situation.
If this isn't enough reason to clamp down on our immigration laws and get tough on spies, there's more. Just today, Canada deported a Chinese diplomat on allegations of spying. Two years ago two more Russian Embassy military-type-dudes were deported for spying on Canada.
In 1996, a Russian spy named Yelena Borisovna took the identity of a deceased Canadian girl named Elena Miller. She and her "husband", who was also a Russian spy, lived in Canada undetected for several years.
After being deported, Elena/Yelena's "husband" quickly became tiresome, she quit her career as a spy, and married a fine Canadian dupe named Peter Miller. They now live in Switzerland together. But they are not content living happily ever, eating gazpacho and sipping vodka, while presumably still receiving a fat Russian pension.
Elena/Yelena is now suing Canada, saying that we have no reason to keep her out of the country.
It leads one to wonder if she didn't sneak her way in from Lebanon this summer.
You can read more at: Focus On Britian
New Zeal
Hellenic Reporter
UPDATE: Wonderduck posts the frightening notion that the Ruski's might not be after sensitive military/industrial secrets, but could be actually trying to steal our hockey secrets. Now THAT would be frightening.
These foreign-diplomacy-types don't operate too fast. Ralph had an appointment for yesterday, to officially meet Vladimir Putin, and present his credentials. Needless to say, there was a fairly large elephant in the room.
Ottawa is moving swiftly to deport an alleged Russian spy arrested in a Montreal airport, by issuing a rarely used national security certificate.
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According to unconfirmed reports, he was about to leave the country when he was nabbed.
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Court documents made public Thursday accuse a foreign national "alleging to be Paul William Hampel" of engaging "in an act of espionage or an act of subversion."
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According to reports, Hampel's methods in Canada matched the techniques used by the Russian intelligence agency's Directorate S, which runs the Russian spy network.
Nessless to say, Ralph didn't bring the subject up Putin yesterday, but he said on CTV that he had been aware of the situation before meeting Putin. Putin had also been advised of the situation.
If this isn't enough reason to clamp down on our immigration laws and get tough on spies, there's more. Just today, Canada deported a Chinese diplomat on allegations of spying. Two years ago two more Russian Embassy military-type-dudes were deported for spying on Canada.
In 1996, a Russian spy named Yelena Borisovna took the identity of a deceased Canadian girl named Elena Miller. She and her "husband", who was also a Russian spy, lived in Canada undetected for several years.
After being deported, Elena/Yelena's "husband" quickly became tiresome, she quit her career as a spy, and married a fine Canadian dupe named Peter Miller. They now live in Switzerland together. But they are not content living happily ever, eating gazpacho and sipping vodka, while presumably still receiving a fat Russian pension.
Elena/Yelena is now suing Canada, saying that we have no reason to keep her out of the country.
It leads one to wonder if she didn't sneak her way in from Lebanon this summer.
You can read more at: Focus On Britian
New Zeal
Hellenic Reporter
UPDATE: Wonderduck posts the frightening notion that the Ruski's might not be after sensitive military/industrial secrets, but could be actually trying to steal our hockey secrets. Now THAT would be frightening.
