Category Bureaucratic Misconduct

Access to Information (Canada), Bureaucratic Misconduct, Bureaucratic Suppression of Information, Bureaucratic Violence, Canadian Domestic Politics, Communications Security Establishment Canada, Counter-Surveillance, Illicit Government Surveillance, Information, Intelligence, Privacy, Privacy Act (Canada), Surveillance, The Glomar Response

“Neither Confirm Nor Deny”: The Glomar Response and Its Canadian Mutation under the Privacy Act

“Neither Confirm Nor Deny”: The Glomar Response and Its Canadian Mutation under the Privacy Act If you are looking for our amazing free CSE Glomar Unit NFT, scroll to the bottom of the page for the keyed claim link! Introduction…

Access to Information (Canada), Adversarial OSINT, Bureaucratic Legitimacy, Bureaucratic Misconduct, Bureaucratic Suppression of Information, Bureaucratic Violence, Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission, Counter-Surveillance, Data, Decentralization, Department of National Defence, Digital Resistance, Fraud, Abuse, and Waste, Illicit Government Surveillance, Innovation, Science, and Economic Development (ISED), Library and Archives Canada, Metadata, Office of the Information Commissioner of Canada, Open Source Intelligence (OSINT), Privacy Act (Canada), Privy Council Office, Public Safety Canada, Resistance, Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP), Surveillance, Transport Canada, United States Secret Service

Metadata as Method: Adversarial OSINT and the Canadian Transparency Regime

Metadata as Method: Adversarial OSINT and the Canadian Transparency Regime Introduction: The Unseen Feedback Loop In Canada’s freedom-of-information arena, an unexpected feedback loop has emerged. Citizens file Access to Information (ATIP) requests seeking government records, but evidence shows that federal…

Access to Information (Canada), Bureaucratic Misconduct, Counter-Disinformation, Counter-Surveillance, Democratic Backsliding, Illicit Government Surveillance, Legal, Office of the Information Commissioner of Canada, Privacy Act (Canada), Surveillance

OIC Dreamt of Electric Fences: Metadata, Misconduct, and the Long Now of the Access State

OIC Dreamt of Electric Fences: Metadata, Misconduct, and the Long Now of the Access State Scene 1: The Glitch June 2. Then again June 5. A small hole in the network tore open. Not a metaphor — server logs don’t…

Access to Information (Canada), Bureaucracy, Bureaucratic Legitimacy, Bureaucratic Misconduct, Bureaucratic Suppression of Information, Canada, Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission, Op/Ed, Privacy Act (Canada)

The Quietest Trigger: When a Privacy Act Request Shook Canada’s Nuclear Bureaucracy

The Quietest Trigger: When a Privacy Act Request Shook Canada’s Nuclear Bureaucracy I. Introduction – “The Quietest Trigger” At 4:00 p.m. on a Friday, twelve information access requests were submitted to federal institutions across Ottawa. No press release. No media…