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Alberta Premier Danielle Smith granted security clearance for CSIS briefings
The clearance lets her receive CSIS briefings on possible foreign interference as Alberta faces investigations into a separatist-linked voter-data breach.
- On Thursday, Alberta Premier Danielle Smith obtained top-secret security clearance to receive Canadian Security Intelligence Service briefings, with a safe room constructed in the legislature to facilitate the briefings.
- The clearance follows investigations into an April 16 privacy breach where the Centurion Project exposed names and addresses of nearly 3 million Albertans; the database was taken down last week following a court order.
- During Wednesday's legislative session, Smith criticized the Opposition NDP for not alerting her government to the breach, while NDP Leader Naheed Nenshi questioned whether her staffer recognized the official voter list shown at the meeting.
- Alberta Public Safety Minister Mike Ellis told reporters Thursday he is also applying for higher security clearance, describing the process as "a very staged process" he is currently navigating.
- Smith pursued this clearance due to frustration that the RCMP was not briefing her government, a move coinciding with a DisinfoWatch report detailing how foreign actors amplify disinformation about Alberta's separatist movement.
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Alberta Premier Danielle Smith gets top secret security clearance
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith has been given top secret-level security clearance by the Canadian Security Intelligence Service, weeks after she told reporters she wanted it to receive briefings on foreign interference.
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Alberta Premier Danielle Smith granted security clearance for briefings from CSIS
EDMONTON - Alberta Premier Danielle Smith's office says she has been granted security clearance to receive briefings from the Canadian Security Intelligence Service.
·Toronto, Canada
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Alberta Premier Danielle Smith granted security clearance for CSIS briefings
EDMONTON - Alberta Premier Danielle Smith's office says she has been granted security clearance to receive briefings from the Canadian Security Intelligence Service.
·Winnipeg, Canada
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