
CSIS Report on Han Dong Nomination Race Pulled After Meeting With Trudeau Adviser
Published on April 5, 2024
Canada’s spy chief decided to retract a report about the 2019 Liberal nomination race involving MP Han Dong after meeting with the prime minister’s top security adviser. Canadian Security Intelligence Service Director David Vigneault was asked to clarify the matter when he testified before the Public Inquiry into Foreign Interference on April 4. Mr. Vigneault said he couldn’t recall exactly why he had retracted the report, but said it wasn’t because the issue was too sensitive. “In my career, I have never been asked to censor intelligence, to change intelligence for reasons that would be exterior to CSIS operations,” he said....
