
Marking 70 years of eavesdropping in Canada
As the Communications Security Establishment
turns 70, Bill Robinson looks at how the agency has evolved over the years —
growing its staff, adapting to new technologies and changing its targets.
Bill Robinson has been an active student of signals intelligence matters since the mid-1980s, and from 1986 to 2001 was on the staff of the Canadian peace research organization Project Ploughshares. He writes the blog Lux Ex Umbra, which focuses on Canadian signals intelligence activities.
As the Communications Security Establishment
turns 70, Bill Robinson looks at how the agency has evolved over the years —
growing its staff, adapting to new technologies and changing its targets.