The head of the Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS) told employees he stood by the spy agency’s handling of sensitive information following a “troubling” leak of classified material, a newly released memo shows.
In a Feb. 24 message to staff, CSIS director David Vigneault expressed continuing faith in employees’ dedication and adherence to the law after a newspaper story cited secret spy service documents on foreign interference.
“The source of this leak is troubling for the Canadian government and, of course, for us here at CSIS,” Vigneault said in the memo, obtained by The Canadian Press through the Access to Information Act.
