Canada intelligence operation put diplomats in legal 'grey zone' - report

Program - under scrutiny after imprisonment of Canadians in China - said to lack safeguards to protect officers overseas A controversial intelligence-gathering program run by Canada's foreign affairs ministry operates in a "distinctly grey zone", puts its officers at risk and breaches global diplomatic conventions, says a damning watchdog report. Canada's global security reporting program (GSRP), a critical part of the foreign ministry's security and intelligence footprint overseas, places offic...