The former Canadian officials of the interview say that Canada must look for a campaign aimed at destabilizing the country among the escalation of US President Donald Trump 51. Threat to state.
And they told CBC News that the strongest weapon ruled by Trump's administration to develop the cause of annexation would probably not be intelligence agencies led by the director of the National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard.
“I would consider Mr. Musk a problem,” said Ward Elcock, who managed CSIS for a decade, including during attacks of September 11, and also served as a national security advisor. “I think it's on many fronts.”
The Central United States Intelligence Agency (CIA) worked on the destabilization of many governments and nations, using methods as mundane as corruption and as drastic as murder, but former heads of spies say that the campaign directed to Canada would probably not be about less on the tactics of the coat and pagle, and more on social media-such as platform x MSK.
“Is (Trump) trying to change political views in this country? If so, this is foreign interference, “said Dick Fadden, who also managed CSIS and served as the national security advisor of former Prime Minister Stephen Harper.
“This is not more acceptable to the United States than from China, Russia or anyone else.”
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Neil Bisson is a former CSIS intelligence officer who is currently the director of Global Intelligence Knowledge Network and teaches at the Institute of Vocational Development of the Ottawa University.
He says that despite the visible signs of Canadian unity in the face of annexation threats, there are those who are susceptible to the call of the Syrena, especially among young people who feel in an adverse economic situation.
“It would be one of the Linchpins, one of the cracks in the armor that another country will want to try to use,” said CBC News. “If you have concerned, where their next meal comes from or if they intend to get a roof over their heads, it replaces sovereignty.”
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He said that these Canadians could be the goal of propaganda campaigns that sell American citizenship as a response to their economic misfortunes.
“In Canada there will be people who could potentially be done to push this narrative forward,” said Bisson.
Trump administration officials have issued numerous justifications for Tariffs against Canada, but Trump himself said he wanted to use economic force To join Canada to the USA on Tuesday morning, he again said that Canada could Avoid only economic ruins through an annex.
“He intends to clearly try to destabilize our economy,” said Elcock. “The reality is that if Canada is really impoverished, people can start thinking about it. This is always the possibility – that not all Canadians will be ready to endure economic deprivation. And so some may start thinking about it over time. “
“People are starting to believe it”
Fadden claims that the rule and intelligence agencies have learned the forces of disinformation and propaganda managed by social media.
“You keep repeating things often enough, people begin to believe it,” he said. “If it continues this path for years, virtually anyone can be used.”
In addition to sending politicians to negotiate with counterparts in Washington, says Fadden: “We must find a way to play on the front of the information.”
This says that it means finding ways to “use social media than I think we did.”
Bisson claims that government aid for people affected by tariffs may influence such propaganda.
“It is the Canadian government who tries to raise this political opinion as part of its own citizenship to say:” OK, we have this protection, we will take care of you regardless of everything, “he said.
“Because if it was not done and everything began to destabilize economically, it would give people even more reasons to rely on thinking, maybe it's a better idea if we succumb to it.”
“Tripwires” for spies
Intelligence specialists claim that it is possible that the US government would use a more intrusive tactics, such as the fomminging or financing of pronexual groups in Canada to create the impression of grounding support for this idea.
“They have an extraordinary ability to do so,” said Fadden. “The real problem is whether they will benefit from these possibilities and resources in relation to Canada.”
He says Canada should be in view. “We have to start from scratch. We need to start monitoring money flows. We have to start talking about whether they are trying to disturb our choices at all levels. “
However, he says that secret operations on Canadian soil will probably offer the American return in exchange for a high risk. And Trump is usually his messenger, preferring a megaphone from the coded message.
“I would say that the current president's approach can be just as effective as the use of relatively secret CIA resources or the American intelligence community,” said Fadden.
Former heads of spies say that American intelligence agencies rarely operated in Canada in the past and would need time to develop a network. Elcock would tell them that it would be difficult to get very far without warning Canadians about their presence.
“Intelligence organizations are constantly looking for possible threats,” he said and have intelligence “triPwires” to help monitor the threat environment.
“The probability that Americans certainly at some point, for example triPwire or talked to someone who reported it then – these things are highly likely,” he said.
Cleanses in agencies
Intelligence specialists who talked to CBC News said that they believe in the professionalism of their American counterparts and their historical attachment to alliances, such as five eyes and NATO.
Elcock said that American agencies would have to worry about their people.
“There is a long relationship between Canada and the United States and there will still be people who would not necessarily approve. I don't think they can certainly do something like that – it wasn't a very, very strictly kept operation, “he said.
But these calculations may change if the Trump administration continues to remove and replace staff in agencies at management and operational levels.
“The more you get people who buy the philosophy of the current US president,” said Fadden, “the more he transfers specialists from the intelligence community and puts his own people, the more he becomes.”
As for those Canadians who want to see how their country has been attached and loudly in this matter, Elcock says that not everyone should be perceived as a security threat.
“It depends on their actions. There are many people who have strange ideas in Canada who do not qualify as a threat to Canada's security, “he said. “Many of these organizations would be already on the radar. So, if they start working, it will not be something that no one is aware of. “
All experts said that Canada is a much more resistant goal than other countries where the USA It is known that he carried out destabilization operationsBut this does not mean that it is resistant to pressure.
“We have to worry more and talk about medium and long -term, and not just worry about the extremely important tariffs that are there now,” said Fadden.
He warned if Canada was subject to a long -term campaign of economic war, “at some point someone would have to cry uncle.”
While Fadden does not see the military invasion of the horizon, he said: “Economic and cultural control in the country can be equally effective.”