in or had direct knowledge of operations in which
CSE operated alone or joined with NSA or GCHQ to:
o intercept communications in other countries from the confines of
Canadian embassies around the world with the knowledge of the
ambassador;
o aid politicians, political parties, or factions in an allied country
to gain partisan advantage
o spy on its allies
o spy on its own citizens; and
o perform "favors" that helped its allies evade domestic laws against
spying.
[snip]
Although I visited NSA headquarters at Fort Meade dozens of times, it was
at the Special Collection Services (SCS) at College Park, Maryland, that
I received my covert operation training and assignments.
This facility, set in suburban Washington, DC, dealt exclusively with
covert operations. [The facility was relocated closer to Fort Meade in
the early 1990s]
The first time I was driven there in 1978, I entered through a strip mall
and then through a door in the back of a restaurant; the second time, via
a dry cleaners.
These dinky businesses in a fake shopping center were all owned, operated,
and staffed by US espionage agencies. From the
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