Federal Lawyers: Privy Council Office

Privy Council Office: OTTAWA - The prime minister's national security adviser, federal lawyers who work on terrorism cases and intelligence analysts in the Privy Council Office would be forever forbidden from discussing sensitive aspects of their work under proposed new rules. , according to Winnipeg Free Press. They would join the more than 12,000 current and former federal intelligence officials already covered by Security of Information Act provisions forcing them to take the secrets of their most closely held work to the grave. Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper adjusts his jacket as he steps off the plane Saturday June 15, 2013 after arriving in Dublin, Ireland. The prime minister's national security adviser, federal lawyers who work on terrorism cases and intelligence analysts in the Privy Council Office would be forever forbidden from discussing sensitive aspects of their work under proposed new rules. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld The Harper government wants to pull the cloak of eternal secrecy over past and present employees of nine federal agencies and those who used to toil at two now-defunct branches. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.