Canada Revenue Agency
The RCMP and the Canada Revenue Agency have received new allegations that federal auditors used their privileged positions to line their pockets.
Launched in 2008, the RCMP investigation was targeted at operations in the CRA’s tax services offices in downtown Montreal under the codename Operation Coche. However, the RCMP has recently created an investigation into other CRA offices throughout Quebec under the codename Operation Critique, sources said.
The new investigation is deemed “extremely sensitive” in police circles because it probes links between federal tax auditors and major players in the private sector.
The growing scope of the police investigation is raising questions in the top echelons of the federal government about the state of the CRA, a powerful agency that collects hundreds of billions of dollars annually and is expected to operate with unimpeachable integrity.
Launched in 2008, the RCMP investigation was targeted at operations in the CRA’s tax services offices in downtown Montreal under the codename Operation Coche. However, the RCMP has recently created an investigation into other CRA offices throughout Quebec under the codename Operation Critique, sources said.
The new investigation is deemed “extremely sensitive” in police circles because it probes links between federal tax auditors and major players in the private sector.
The growing scope of the police investigation is raising questions in the top echelons of the federal government about the state of the CRA, a powerful agency that collects hundreds of billions of dollars annually and is expected to operate with unimpeachable integrity.
"Globe and Mail, reported that Thompson was writing about the pedophilia ring.Dear Urban Legends:
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Criminal Code, section 7(3)
good men die like dogs.
MASONOLOGY ROYAL PIRATES HAVE no right to any flag
MASONOLOGY ROYAL PIRATES women vehemently claimed that they were only following orders
The crime-fraud exception is one of the oldest exceptions to the attorney-client privilege. The attorney-client privilege does not extend to communications made in connection with a client seeking advice on how to commit a criminal or FRAUDULENT act.
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The story broke in June 1989 on the front page of the Washington Times, headlines blaring: "Homosexual prostitution inquiry ensnares VIPs with Reagan, Bush" and "Call boys took midnight tours of the White House." There is a famous quote attributed to Hunter S. Thompson that goes something like this:
The music business is a cruel and shallow money trench, a long plastic hallway where thieves and pimps run free, and good men die like dogs. There's also a negative side."
The female nazi guards was notoriously cruel as their male counterparts. The women recruited mostly comes from low class and middle class families. The new recruits were subjected to both physically and mentally demanding training. Most of the women were strong, stout and well fed. Cruel treatment to prisoners were also part of their training. Nazi female personnels were regarded as equals by SS men. During their trials, these women vehemently claimed that they were only following orders. With overwhelming testimonies from concentration camp survivors, the female nazi guards were found guilty and executed.
Many courts have described attorney-client confidences as "inviolate." Wesp v. Everson, — P.3d ——, 2001 WL 1218767 (Colo. 2001). However, this description is misleading. The attorney-client privilege is subject to several exceptions. Federal Rule of EVIDENCE 501 states that "the recognition of a privilege based on a confidential relationship... should be determined on a case-by-case basis." In examining claims for privilege against objections that an exception should be made in a particular case, courts will balance the benefits to be gained by protecting the sanctity of attorney-client confidences against the probable harms caused by denying the opposing party access to potentially valuable information.
A party seeking DISCOVERY of privileged communications based upon the crime-fraud exception must make a threshold showing that the legal advice was obtained in furtherance of the fraudulent activity and was closely related to it. The party seeking disclosure does not satisfy this burden merely by alleging that a crime or fraud has occurred and then asserting that disclosure of privileged communications might help prove the crime or fraud. There must be a specific showing that a particular document or communication was made in furtherance of the client's alleged crime or fraud.
Nor will a client's statement of intent to commit a crime be deemed privileged, even if the client was not seeking advice about how to commit it. The attorney-client privilege is ultimately designed to serve the interests of justice by insulating attorney-client communications made in furtherance of adversarial proceedings.
But the interests of justice are not served by forcing attorneys to withhold information that might help prevent criminal or fraudulent acts. Consequently, in nearly all jurisdictions attorneys can be compelled to disclose such information to a court or other investigating authorities.
The fact that an attorney-client relationship exists between two persons is itself not typically privileged. U.S. v. Leventhal, 961 F.2d 936 (11th Cir. 1992). However, if disclosure of an attorney-client relationship could prove incriminating to the client, some courts will enforce the privilege. In re Michaelson, 511 F.2d 882 (9th Cir. 1975). Names of clients and the amounts paid in fees to their attorneys are not normally privileged. Nor will clients usually be successful in asserting the privilege against attorneys who are seeking to introduce confidential information in a lawsuit brought by a client accusing the attorney of wrongdoing. In such instances courts will not allow clients to use the attorney-client privilege as a weapon to silence the attorneys who have represented them. Courts will allow both parties to have their say in MALPRACTICE suits brought by clients against their former attorneys.
ILLINOIS: To prevail on an attorney-client privilege claim in a corporate context, a claimant must first show that a statement was made by someone in the corporate control group, meaning that group of employees whose advisory role to top management in a particular area is such that a decision would not normally be made without their advice or opinion and whose opinion, in fact, forms the basis of any final decision by those with actual authority. Hayes v. Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Ry. Co., 323 Ill.App.3d 474, 752 N.E.2d 470, 256 Ill.Dec. 590 (Ill.App. 1 Dist. 2001).
ALABAMA: Where a defendant asserted that his guilty pleas to robbery charges were the product of his defense counsel's COERCION, the absence of the defense counsel's TESTIMONY to rebut the defendant's testimony could not be excused by any assertion of the attorney-client privilege. Walker v. State, 2001 WL 729190 (Ala.Crim.App., 2001).
ARIZONA: By asserting that its personnel understood the law on stacking coverage for under insured and uninsured motorist claims, the insurer affirmatively injected legal knowledge of its claims managers into the insureds' BAD FAITH action and thus effectively waived the attorney-client privilege as to any communications between the insurer and its COUNSEL regarding the propriety of the insurer's policy of denying coverage. State Farm Mut. Auto. Inc. Co. v. Lee, 199 Ariz. 52, 13 P.3d 1169 (Ariz. 2000).
CALIFORNIA: The attorney-client privilege is not limited to litigation-related communications, since the applicable provisions of the state Evidence Code do not use the terms "litigation" or "legal communications" in their description of privileged disclosures but instead specifically refer to "the accomplishment of the purpose" for which the lawyer was consulted. West's Ann.Cal.Evid.Code §§ 912, 952. STI Outdoor
v. Superior Court, 91 Cal.App.4th 334, 109 Cal.Rptr.2d 865 (Cal.App. 2 Dist. 2001).
UN Law of the Sea Convention
The Ontario Securities Commission's probe into emerging market companies - which began in the wake of the Sino-Forest scandal - has already found some disturbing systemic problems OSC chair Howard Wetston said Tuesday.
disturbing systemic problems
Criminal Code, section 7(3)
good men die like dogs.
MASONOLOGY ROYAL PIRATES HAVE no right to any flag
MASONOLOGY ROYAL PIRATES women vehemently claimed that they were only following orders
The crime-fraud exception is one of the oldest exceptions to the attorney-client privilege. The attorney-client privilege does not extend to communications made in connection with a client seeking advice on how to commit a criminal or FRAUDULENT act.
OTTAWA Nov 1 (Reuters) -Regulators face tough task in overseeing emerging markets Toronto Star -
AKA MASONOLOGY
ROYAL PIRATES COURT
MAXIMUS MERS CLERKS
The story broke in June 1989 on the front page of the Washington Times, headlines blaring: "Homosexual prostitution inquiry ensnares VIPs with Reagan, Bush" and "Call boys took midnight tours of the White House." There is a famous quote attributed to Hunter S. Thompson that goes something like this:
The music business is a cruel and shallow money trench, a long plastic hallway where thieves and pimps run free, and good men die like dogs. There's also a negative side."
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The female nazi guards was notoriously cruel as their male counterparts. The women recruited mostly comes from low class and middle class families. The new recruits were subjected to both physically and mentally demanding training. Most of the women were strong, stout and well fed. Cruel treatment to prisoners were also part of their training. Nazi female personnels were regarded as equals by SS men. During their trials, these women vehemently claimed that they were only following orders. With overwhelming testimonies from concentration camp survivors, the female nazi guards were found guilty and executed.
Many courts have described attorney-client confidences as "inviolate." Wesp v. Everson, — P.3d ——, 2001 WL 1218767 (Colo. 2001). However, this description is misleading. The attorney-client privilege is subject to several exceptions. Federal Rule of EVIDENCE 501 states that "the recognition of a privilege based on a confidential relationship... should be determined on a case-by-case basis." In examining claims for privilege against objections that an exception should be made in a particular case, courts will balance the benefits to be gained by protecting the sanctity of attorney-client confidences against the probable harms caused by denying the opposing party access to potentially valuable information.
A party seeking DISCOVERY of privileged communications based upon the crime-fraud exception must make a threshold showing that the legal advice was obtained in furtherance of the fraudulent activity and was closely related to it. The party seeking disclosure does not satisfy this burden merely by alleging that a crime or fraud has occurred and then asserting that disclosure of privileged communications might help prove the crime or fraud. There must be a specific showing that a particular document or communication was made in furtherance of the client's alleged crime or fraud.
Nor will a client's statement of intent to commit a crime be deemed privileged, even if the client was not seeking advice about how to commit it. The attorney-client privilege is ultimately designed to serve the interests of justice by insulating attorney-client communications made in furtherance of adversarial proceedings.
But the interests of justice are not served by forcing attorneys to withhold information that might help prevent criminal or fraudulent acts. Consequently, in nearly all jurisdictions attorneys can be compelled to disclose such information to a court or other investigating authorities.
The fact that an attorney-client relationship exists between two persons is itself not typically privileged. U.S. v. Leventhal, 961 F.2d 936 (11th Cir. 1992). However, if disclosure of an attorney-client relationship could prove incriminating to the client, some courts will enforce the privilege. In re Michaelson, 511 F.2d 882 (9th Cir. 1975). Names of clients and the amounts paid in fees to their attorneys are not normally privileged. Nor will clients usually be successful in asserting the privilege against attorneys who are seeking to introduce confidential information in a lawsuit brought by a client accusing the attorney of wrongdoing. In such instances courts will not allow clients to use the attorney-client privilege as a weapon to silence the attorneys who have represented them. Courts will allow both parties to have their say in MALPRACTICE suits brought by clients against their former attorneys.
ILLINOIS: To prevail on an attorney-client privilege claim in a corporate context, a claimant must first show that a statement was made by someone in the corporate control group, meaning that group of employees whose advisory role to top management in a particular area is such that a decision would not normally be made without their advice or opinion and whose opinion, in fact, forms the basis of any final decision by those with actual authority. Hayes v. Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Ry. Co., 323 Ill.App.3d 474, 752 N.E.2d 470, 256 Ill.Dec. 590 (Ill.App. 1 Dist. 2001).
ALABAMA: Where a defendant asserted that his guilty pleas to robbery charges were the product of his defense counsel's COERCION, the absence of the defense counsel's TESTIMONY to rebut the defendant's testimony could not be excused by any assertion of the attorney-client privilege. Walker v. State, 2001 WL 729190 (Ala.Crim.App., 2001).
ARIZONA: By asserting that its personnel understood the law on stacking coverage for under insured and uninsured motorist claims, the insurer affirmatively injected legal knowledge of its claims managers into the insureds' BAD FAITH action and thus effectively waived the attorney-client privilege as to any communications between the insurer and its COUNSEL regarding the propriety of the insurer's policy of denying coverage. State Farm Mut. Auto. Inc. Co. v. Lee, 199 Ariz. 52, 13 P.3d 1169 (Ariz. 2000).
CALIFORNIA: The attorney-client privilege is not limited to litigation-related communications, since the applicable provisions of the state Evidence Code do not use the terms "litigation" or "legal communications" in their description of privileged disclosures but instead specifically refer to "the accomplishment of the purpose" for which the lawyer was consulted. West's Ann.Cal.Evid.Code §§ 912, 952. STI Outdoor
v. Superior Court, 91 Cal.App.4th 334, 109 Cal.Rptr.2d 865 (Cal.App. 2 Dist. 2001).
UN Law of the Sea Convention
The Ontario Securities Commission's probe into emerging market companies - which began in the wake of the Sino-Forest scandal - has already found some disturbing systemic problems OSC chair Howard Wetston said Tuesday.
June 23, 2010
Several members of B.C. municipal governments are also under suspicion
Some politicians under foreign sway: CSIS Last Updated: Wednesday, June 23, 2010
Richard Fadden, director of the Canadian Security Intelligence Service, in an exclusive interview with the CBC. (CBC) Canada's spy agency suspects that cabinet ministers in two provinces are under the control of foreign governments, CBC News has learned.http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/
story/2010/06/22/spying-csis.html
Richard Fadden, director of the Canadian Security Intelligence Service, in an exclusive interview with the CBC. (CBC) Canada's spy agency suspects that cabinet ministers in two provinces are under the control of foreign governments, CBC News has learned.http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/
story/2010/06/22/spying-csis.html
The individual becomes in a position to make decisions that affect the country or the province or a municipality.
"We're in fact a bit worried in a couple of provinces that we have an indication that there's some political figures who have developed quite an attachment to foreign countries," Fadden said.
"The individual becomes in a position to make decisions that affect the country or the province or a municipality. All of a sudden, decisions aren't taken on the basis of the public good but on the basis of another country's preoccupations."
He said the politicians and public servants see it as a long-standing relationship and have no idea they are being used."There are several municipal politicians in British Columbia and in at least two provinces there are ministers of the Crown who we think are under at least the general influence of a foreign government."
Fadden said the agency is in the process of discussing with the Privy Council Office the best way to inform those provinces there may be a problem.
"We'll do the same with the public servants. I'm making this comment because I think it's a real danger that people be totally oblivious to this kind of issue."
http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/
story/2010/06/22/spying-csis.html
"The individual becomes in a position to make decisions that affect the country or the province or a municipality. All of a sudden, decisions aren't taken on the basis of the public good but on the basis of another country's preoccupations."
He said the politicians and public servants see it as a long-standing relationship and have no idea they are being used."There are several municipal politicians in British Columbia and in at least two provinces there are ministers of the Crown who we think are under at least the general influence of a foreign government."
Fadden said the agency is in the process of discussing with the Privy Council Office the best way to inform those provinces there may be a problem.
"We'll do the same with the public servants. I'm making this comment because I think it's a real danger that people be totally oblivious to this kind of issue."
http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/
story/2010/06/22/spying-csis.html
Fadden warned that foreign regimes — through universities and social clubs — will develop a relationship with people who have a connection to the homeland.
"You invite somebody back to the homeland. You pay [for] their trips and all of a sudden you discover that when an event is occurring that is of particular interest to country "X," you call up and you ask the person to take a particular view," Fadden said.
At least five countries are surreptitiously recruiting future political prospects in universities, he said. Middle East countries are also involved.
But China is the most aggressive, funding university clubs that are managed by people operating out of the embassy or consulates, Fadden said in a recent speech to Canadian police chiefs and security experts in Toronto.
"You invite somebody back to the homeland. You pay [for] their trips and all of a sudden you discover that when an event is occurring that is of particular interest to country "X," you call up and you ask the person to take a particular view," Fadden said.
At least five countries are surreptitiously recruiting future political prospects in universities, he said. Middle East countries are also involved.
But China is the most aggressive, funding university clubs that are managed by people operating out of the embassy or consulates, Fadden said in a recent speech to Canadian police chiefs and security experts in Toronto.
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allegations that a ground station in Spitsbergen, Norway, interfered with the US satellites Landsat 7 and Terra (EOS AM-1).
Such interference poses numerous potential threats, particularly if achieved against satellites with more sensitive functions," the draft report said. "Access to a satellite's controls could allow an attacker to damage or destroy the satellite. An attacker could also deny or degrade as well as forge or otherwise manipulate the satellite's transmission."
The Landsat 7 satellite reported 12 minutes of "interference" in October 2007, and the Terra suffered two minutes in June 2008. In July 2008 the Landsat 7 reported another 12 minutes' interference. Finally in October 2008 the Terra was affected for nine minutes.
Landsat 7 satellite image of Washington, DC. Landsat 7 was hacked in 2007 and 2008. Photograph: Nasa/EPA
China hits back over US claims of satellite hacking Foreign ministry spokesman accuses US commission of ulterior motives over claim that government satellites were targeted
Landsat 7 satellite image of Washington, DC. Landsat 7 was hacked in 2007 and 2008. Photograph: Nasa/EPA China has dismissed allegations that it may have been responsible for hacking US satellites as "not worth a comment" and accused the US commission, which made the claims, of ulterior motives.
Foreign ministry spokesman Hong Lei told a regular news briefing in Beijing on Monday that the US-China economic and security review commission "has always viewed China through coloured lenses".
The draft of an annual report by the commission, published by Bloomberg last week, included the claim that in October 2007 and July 2008 hackers used a ground station to interfere with the operation of two US government satellites used for earth observation. The commission did not explicitly accuse the Chinese government of orchestrating the attacks, but said they were consistent with Chinese military protocol, according to Bloomberg.
Lei denied the allegations. He said: "This report is untrue and driven by ulterior motives. It is not worth a comment. China is also a victim of hacker attacks and we oppose any form of cybercrimes including hacking."
The annual report warned that hackers on four occasions used a ground station in Spitsbergen, Norway, to interfere with the US satellites Landsat 7 and Terra (EOS AM-1). The commission said it was concerned that the hackers were testing how vulnerable the satellites were to a cyber-attack.
The Landsat 7 satellite reported 12 minutes of "interference" in October 2007, and the Terra suffered two minutes in June 2008. In July 2008 the Landsat 7 reported another 12 minutes' interference. Finally in October 2008 the Terra was affected for nine minutes.
"Such interference poses numerous potential threats, particularly if achieved against satellites with more sensitive functions," the draft report said. "Access to a satellite's controls could allow an attacker to damage or destroy the satellite. An attacker could also deny or degrade as well as forge or otherwise manipulate the satellite's transmission."
The claims follow a long-standing pattern of allegations made in reports by the commission, whose purpose is to investigate the national security implications of the US's trade with China.
Iain Lobban, director of the government's listening centre, GCHQ, told the Times on Monday that UK was the target of a "disturbing" number of cyber-attacks.
The UK foreign secretary, William Hague, said in February that the foreign office had repelled an attack from "a hostile state intelligence agency", which Guardian sources at the time revealed was a reference to China.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2011/oct/31/china-us-claims-satellite-hacking?newsfeed=true
China hits back over US claims of satellite hacking Foreign ministry spokesman accuses US commission of ulterior motives over claim that government satellites were targeted
Landsat 7 satellite image of Washington, DC. Landsat 7 was hacked in 2007 and 2008. Photograph: Nasa/EPA China has dismissed allegations that it may have been responsible for hacking US satellites as "not worth a comment" and accused the US commission, which made the claims, of ulterior motives.
Foreign ministry spokesman Hong Lei told a regular news briefing in Beijing on Monday that the US-China economic and security review commission "has always viewed China through coloured lenses".
The draft of an annual report by the commission, published by Bloomberg last week, included the claim that in October 2007 and July 2008 hackers used a ground station to interfere with the operation of two US government satellites used for earth observation. The commission did not explicitly accuse the Chinese government of orchestrating the attacks, but said they were consistent with Chinese military protocol, according to Bloomberg.
Lei denied the allegations. He said: "This report is untrue and driven by ulterior motives. It is not worth a comment. China is also a victim of hacker attacks and we oppose any form of cybercrimes including hacking."
The annual report warned that hackers on four occasions used a ground station in Spitsbergen, Norway, to interfere with the US satellites Landsat 7 and Terra (EOS AM-1). The commission said it was concerned that the hackers were testing how vulnerable the satellites were to a cyber-attack.
The Landsat 7 satellite reported 12 minutes of "interference" in October 2007, and the Terra suffered two minutes in June 2008. In July 2008 the Landsat 7 reported another 12 minutes' interference. Finally in October 2008 the Terra was affected for nine minutes.
"Such interference poses numerous potential threats, particularly if achieved against satellites with more sensitive functions," the draft report said. "Access to a satellite's controls could allow an attacker to damage or destroy the satellite. An attacker could also deny or degrade as well as forge or otherwise manipulate the satellite's transmission."
The claims follow a long-standing pattern of allegations made in reports by the commission, whose purpose is to investigate the national security implications of the US's trade with China.
Iain Lobban, director of the government's listening centre, GCHQ, told the Times on Monday that UK was the target of a "disturbing" number of cyber-attacks.
The UK foreign secretary, William Hague, said in February that the foreign office had repelled an attack from "a hostile state intelligence agency", which Guardian sources at the time revealed was a reference to China.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2011/oct/31/china-us-claims-satellite-hacking?newsfeed=true
