Prime Minister Justin Trudeau backed the Canadian Security and Intelligence Service (CSIS) Wednesday after a book alleged the spy agency trafficked three British teens to be Islamic State brides in 2015..“The fight against terrorism requires our intelligence services to continue to be flexible and to be creative in their approaches,” said Trudeau. .“But every step of the way, they are bound by strict rules, by principles, and values that Canadians hold dear, including around the Charter of Rights and Freedoms, and we expect that those rules be followed.”.The Secret History of the Five Eyes by Richard Kerbaj claims a CSIS agent smuggled 15-year-old Shamima Begum, 16-year-old Kadiza Sultana, and 15-year-old Amira Abase into northern Syria and told CSIS about the trafficking..CSIS met with the London Metropolitan Police’s (LMP) counter terrorism unit to prevent the information from becoming public that CSIS had trafficked teen girls to become Islamic State brides..READ MORE Book claims Canada's spy agency smuggled British teens to be Islamic State brides, and UK covered it up.Trudeau said the federal government will look into the allegations made by the book..Trudeau said “there are rigorous oversight mechanisms” that govern CSIS, specifically the National Security and Intelligence Committee of Parliamentarians.."I know there are questions about certain incidents or operations of the past and we will ensure to follow up on this," he said..The book alleges Mohammed Al Rasheed, a double agent working for CSIS and the Islamic State, trafficked the teens to an Islamic State-controlled area in northern Syria..Kerbaj claims Rasheed took photos of their passports and gave them to his Canadian handler. When CSIS gave the information to the UK and LMP, the teens were in the Islamic State-controlled area..It's now confirmed Sultana and Abase were killed and Begum has been stripped of her British citizenship, but wants to return to the UK, and lives in a refugee camp in Syria..Begum’s lawyer said she should be allowed to return to the UK because she was a victim of underage human trafficking.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau backed the Canadian Security and Intelligence Service (CSIS) Wednesday after a book alleged the spy agency trafficked three British teens to be Islamic State brides in 2015..“The fight against terrorism requires our intelligence services to continue to be flexible and to be creative in their approaches,” said Trudeau. .“But every step of the way, they are bound by strict rules, by principles, and values that Canadians hold dear, including around the Charter of Rights and Freedoms, and we expect that those rules be followed.”.The Secret History of the Five Eyes by Richard Kerbaj claims a CSIS agent smuggled 15-year-old Shamima Begum, 16-year-old Kadiza Sultana, and 15-year-old Amira Abase into northern Syria and told CSIS about the trafficking..CSIS met with the London Metropolitan Police’s (LMP) counter terrorism unit to prevent the information from becoming public that CSIS had trafficked teen girls to become Islamic State brides..READ MORE Book claims Canada's spy agency smuggled British teens to be Islamic State brides, and UK covered it up.Trudeau said the federal government will look into the allegations made by the book..Trudeau said “there are rigorous oversight mechanisms” that govern CSIS, specifically the National Security and Intelligence Committee of Parliamentarians.."I know there are questions about certain incidents or operations of the past and we will ensure to follow up on this," he said..The book alleges Mohammed Al Rasheed, a double agent working for CSIS and the Islamic State, trafficked the teens to an Islamic State-controlled area in northern Syria..Kerbaj claims Rasheed took photos of their passports and gave them to his Canadian handler. When CSIS gave the information to the UK and LMP, the teens were in the Islamic State-controlled area..It's now confirmed Sultana and Abase were killed and Begum has been stripped of her British citizenship, but wants to return to the UK, and lives in a refugee camp in Syria..Begum’s lawyer said she should be allowed to return to the UK because she was a victim of underage human trafficking.
