Does CNN leak jeopardize Canada's security?

By: Darcy Wintonyk, ctvbc.ca

The leak of a classified intelligence document from the Canada Border Services about a disguised Asian man who was able to board a Vancouver-bound flight puts Canada's security at risk, says a prominent immigration lawyer.

The internal security bulletin from the CBSA ended up being published on the American news network CNN last week, just days after the Chinese national donned a silicon mask of an elderly Caucasian man and boarded a Vancouver-bound flight from Hong Kong.


The man, now claiming refugee status, is appearing Monday at an Immigration and Refugee Board hearing.


Vancouver immigration lawyer Richard Kurland said the incident, which he calls a "Mission Impossible" style scenario that circumvented the country's immigration system, raises questions about our own national security.


"How does a secure, classified security document from the CBSA find its way to CNN? There's a hole in the intelligence fence," Kurland told CTV News Channel.

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