Comments on: Why Is Privilege So Important Anyway? http://www.slaw.ca/2008/12/21/why-is-privilege-so-important-anyway/ Canada's online legal magazine Thu, 09 Feb 2012 17:45:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: David Heap http://www.slaw.ca/2008/12/21/why-is-privilege-so-important-anyway/comment-page-1/#comment-701847 David Heap Fri, 26 Dec 2008 14:32:32 +0000 http://www.slaw.ca/?p=5310#comment-701847 And when we consider that these violations of privilege by CSIS only came to light inadvertently, we really have to wonder how many other violations of basic rights go undetected and unrevealed. Enough to make us suspect that the whole administration of justice is threatened when "security" agencies are allowed to act without the benefit of independent public scrutiny. And when we consider that these violations of privilege by CSIS only came to light inadvertently, we really have to wonder how many other violations of basic rights go undetected and unrevealed. Enough to make us suspect that the whole administration of justice is threatened when "security" agencies are allowed to act without the benefit of independent public scrutiny.

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