O'Connor: The purpose of this letter is to advise you of the results of a review of the lawfulness of the activities of both the CSE client relations officers, called CROs, and the Operational Policy Section, known as D2, as they relate to the request for and release of Canadian identities suppressed in CSE foreign intelligence reports made available to Government of Canada clients. [...] In brief, the review concluded that the activities of the CROs and D2 in the release of Canadian identities were in compliance with the law and generally with CSE's related policies, although a number of inconsistencies were identified in the processes of requesting and releasing identities. [...] OBJECTIVES The purpose of this review, pursuant to paragraph 273.64(/)(a) of the NDA, is to assess the lawfulness of the activities of both the CSE Client Relations Officers (CROs) and the Operational Policy Section (D2), as they relate to the request and release of Canadian identities suppressed in CSE foreign intelligence reports made available to Government of Canada clients. [...] The following paragraphs describe the nature of the inconsistencies, and any implications for compliance or for the protection of the privacy of Canadians. [...] Section 3.5 of OPS-1-1 states that the client "must be explicit regarding the requirement for suppressed information." This situation suggests that either the clients require more familiarization or training on the requirements to request the release of suppressed information, or the CSE officials (CROs or in D2) processing the requests should return to the client to require the additional informa.
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