Canada's Spy Agency: President-Elect Trump's View On Torture May Change How Canada Shares Intel With The U.S.

Canadian border guards at the Douglas border crossing on the Canada-U.S. border in Surrey, B.C.. Darryl Dyck/The Canadian Press

Globe and Mail: Trump’s torture view may change secrets sharing with Canada: spy watchdog executive

The civil servant in charge of the government’s spy-watchdog agency says Canada may have to reconsider how it shares intelligence with the United States if president-elect Donald Trump makes good on his promise to torture terrorists to gather intelligence.

The federal official also remarked that had former U.S. intelligence analyst Edward Snowden worked for Canadian intelligence and leaked secrets, “he should be shot,” but quickly backed off the opinion.

Michael Doucet, the executive director of the Security Intelligence Review Committee, made the off-the-cuff remarks to a small audience in Toronto last week. An audio recording of his talk was provided to The Globe and Mail by a student journalist from the Eyeopener, a campus newspaper at Ryerson University, which was the venue for the talk.

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Update: Canada spy official doubts intelligence-sharing under Trump: report (Reuters)

WNU Editor: More signs that U.S. - Canada relations may not be cosy when President-Elect Trump assumes the Presidency.