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Looks like the Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS)  , the great land to the north’s secret agent force roughly comparable to MI6 and the CIA, is getting some grief over trying to arm their people overseas. It seems the group has been using guns in Afghanistan and other hotspots for the past decade or so, which is drawing fire (pun!) from lawmakers who are shocked, simply shocked.

“The Security Intelligence Review Committee wants Public Safety Minister Steven Blaney to provide a written explanation of the legal authority permitting CSIS officers to use firearms in other conflict zones. It says there is no CSIS policy on extracting an armed spy from a trouble spot, nor on whether the officer would be immune from prosecution. There was also a lack of advice on what course of legal action might be taken in Canada if a CSIS employee ‘was believed to have acted negligently’ abroad, the report says. The review committee also recommended CSIS develop better guidelines on the purchase of weapons in dangerous foreign environments.”

Simply shocking.