British-U.S. Communications Intelligence Agreement and Outline - 5 March 1946
International agreements
The origianal 1946 UK/USA agreement on signals intelligence that constituted the basis for the "Five Eyes".
Declassified by the US NSA. Related documents available at: https://www.nsa.gov/news-features/declassified-documents/ukusa/index.shtml
1946
CSIS OPS-221, CSIS Processing of Information and Communication Collected Under Warrant – Section 16 (2006)
Surveillance
<p><strong>Document Purpose:</strong> Policy deals with the processing of information and communications collected by CSIS and processed by CSE.</p>
ATIP
2006
Memoranda of Understanding between CSIS and CSE
MOUs
<strong>2011 Document Purpose:</strong> (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.
<p><strong>2011 Document Synopsis: </strong></p>
<p>Further to the Minister of Public Safety’s approval, CSIS was authorized to enter into a framework arrangement on cooperation with the CSE.</p>
<p>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”</p>
Also included are other files responsive to a 2015 access request containing many of the same documents, including historical MOUs.
2012
Documents obtained originally by Justin Ling
Memorandum of Understanding between Communications Security Establishment (CSE) and the Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS) Regarding threat reduction activities under s.12.1 of the CSIS Act (June 2016)
MOUs
MOU establishing circumstances by which CSIS will notify CSE of its threat reduction (disruption) activities, consult with CSE and request CSE assistance.
ATIP request, obtained by Alex Boutilier
June 2016
Ministerial directive to CSE to operationalize the framework for addressing risks in sharing information with foreign entities (2011)
Ministerial direction
This document includes memoranda to the minister of national defence and then the ministerial directive on international information sharing by the Communications Security Establishment (CSE) in circumstances where there is a risk of maltreatment or torture. It also includes internal policy documents on the implementation of this ministerial directive.