Spy Agencies: Hugh Segal

Hugh Segal: At a national intelligence conference Wednesday, Segal described current oversight of the spy world as a "non-system of zero legislative accountability.", according to Huffington Post. He pointed to countries such as the United States and Britain where parliamentarians are able to tackle current crises head-on, eliciting candid testimony from spy chiefs and OTTAWA - Conservative Sen. Hugh Segal says it's "deeply problematic" that Canada lacks a full-fledged national security committee of parliamentarians to keep an eye on spy agencies. It features parliamentary committees including one on which Segal sits that aren't allowed to see secret documents and watchdogs that conduct after-the-fact reviews, the senator told a symposium of the Canadian Association for Security and Intelligence Studies. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.