The Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS) was created to safeguard Canada's national security, but hot on the heels of its successes have come controversies and scandals. Find out how CSIS contributes to our national identity, for better and for worse: - Operation Bricole was the illegal RCMP operation that prompted a royal commission and removed intelligence matters from the Mounties' hands, creating CSIS- Repercussions ensued when Mahmoud Mohammed Issa Mohammad, a known terrorist, was permitted immigrate to Canada - Grant Bristow, a CSIS mole, operated within a white supremacy organization from 1984 to 1988; in that time he rose to the highest ranks of the group and was instrumental in the arrest and deportation of several high-profile racists - Since the U.S.-led invasions of Afghanistan and Iraq, CSIS agents have been making routine visits to question prisoners about potential threats to Canada - Omar Khadr, a Canadian arrested at age 15 by U.S. forces, was interrogated at Guantanamo Bay by CSIS agents posing as diplomats; the Canadian government was later accused of violating international law - The Communications Security Establishment collaborates with CSIS to protect Canada's communications networks; it has been accused of illegally monitoring conversations of Canadian citizens and visiting heads of state - Canada's Anti-terrorism Act allows for citizens and permanent residents to be held without charge on suspicions of terrorism.