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Канада хочет знать, что русский шпион нашпионил про Канаду!
Canada wants to know if spy compromised our security
Americans tell CSIS they will let it know if there's cause for concern
By JIM BRONSKILL The Vancouver Sun, February 22, 2001
OTTAWA — Canada's spy agency says it is working closely with American authorities to determine whether Canadian security has. been "compromised" by an FBI agent charged with selling secrets to Moscow.
The Canadian Security Intelligence Service said Wednesday it is too early to tell whether Canadian secrets were among the many highly sensitive reports that veteran FBI agent Roffert Philip Hanssen allegedly passed to the Russians.
Hanssen, 56, is accused of spying for Moscow over a period of 15 years in exchange for up to the U.S. equivalent of about $2 million Cdn in cash and diamonds.
CSIS maintains an active liaison program with the Federal Bureau of Investigation and other U.S. law enforcement and intelligence agencies, raising the question of whether Canadian security has been breached.
Dan Lambert, a CSIS spokesman, said the FBI will advise the Canadian spy service in "a very quick fashion" when and if there is information to indicate concern.
"Daily co-operation and extensive exchange of security information between CSIS and the FBI will determine if Canadian national security has been compromised," he said.
British intelligence officials have also begun to probe the potential damage to their spy operations.
Hanssen is alleged to have become an agent of the Soviet KGB in 1985 while working in the intelligence division of an FBI field office in New York
U.S. officials believe he continued to pass classified information to the Russians after the collapse of the Berlin Wall, serving as an undercover operative for the SVR, the KGB's successor in foreign intelligence.
Lambert said he could not discuss whether Hanssen had dealings with CSIS or other Canadian agencies, or if the service had immediate grounds for concern.
He noted the Americans are undertaking an extensive damage assessment, which could take weeks or even months.
"Any indication of aspects which affect Canadian national security or CSIS will obviously be something that the FBI will advise us on, and CSIS will act appropriately," he said.
"It's very early at this point in time. The key aspect is not to overreact initially... until all the facts are in."
Similar exchanges of imormation has taken place between CSlS and American counterparts when previous U.S. spy dramas unfolded, including the 1994 case of traitor Aldrich Ames.
Following the arrest of Ames, a Central Intelligence Agency official who spied for the Soviets, CSIS conducted an internal review of all joint investigations with the CIA.
The service then forwarded questions to Ames via the CIA, later concluding damage to Canadian operations had been minimal.