BORA Government Communications Security Bureau and Related Legislation Amendment [pdf, 402 KB]
...acceptance that the gathering of intelligence information for international relations and national security purposes entails a different balance of interests and different procedural protections than those that arise in criminal law enforcement: 10.1 The United States courts have held that when the object of intelligence-gathering is the protection of national security, the threat of criminal sanction is reduced, and ‘‘the government has the greatest need for speed, stealth, and secre...