Memoranda of Understanding between CSIS and CSE

Memoranda of Understanding between CSIS and CSE

MOUs

2011 Document Purpose: (1) establish an arrangement under which CSIS and CSE will cooperate for the purpose of information and intelligence collection, information sharing, and operational support in accordance with their respective mandates: for CSIS, the CSIS Act and for CSE the National Defence Act. (2) Provide for the disclosure and safeguarding of information shared between CSIS and CSE.

2011 Document Synopsis:

Further to the Minister of Public Safety’s approval, CSIS was authorized to enter into a framework arrangement on cooperation with the CSE.

Under this MOU, CSIS and CSE are to “cooperate to the greatest extent practicable within their respective legal authorities and mandates on the collection and sharing of information or intelligence, without compromising intelligence assets, sources or methods, while recognizing the legal rights of Canadians inside and outside Canada, as well as those of any persons in Canada” “as appropriate within each party’s legislative and policy frameworks, share the most accurate, complete, and timely information and intelligence as it relates to each party’s mandates, intelligence requirements and priorities, including updates and re-assessments of the intelligence to the extent possible”

Also included are other files responsive to a 2015 access request containing many of the same documents, including historical MOUs.

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2012

Documents obtained originally by Justin Ling

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