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Canada Dashboard Digest | Leaked Cable Suggests Privacy Workaround Related reading: Countries collaborate to combat rapid use of spyware 

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A University of Ottawa professor says government officials may have broken Canadian privacy law in allegedly helping the U.S. government skirt restrictions on obtaining information about a potential Canadian citizen, reports APTN National News. A U.S. State Department cable obtained by news agencies reveals that, in responding to a U.S. request, justice and foreign affairs officials suggested the U.S. State Department request the information "through Canadian law enforcement channels under the terms of the mutual legal assistance treaty." Professor Amir Attaran said, "Whoever gave this advice...should be severely reprimanded and probably fired" for "conspiring with a foreign government to violate Canada's laws as a Canadian public servant."
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