Remember this story: http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2002/05/07/students/index.html Well, they're at it again. This time in Canada. http://cryptome.org/ca-il-spies.htm (Posting Note: This article was pulled by the Ottawa Sun for unknown reasons within hours of posting.)
I firmly believe this is a CIA-Mossad joint operation to root out and expose loony toon conspiracy theorists. Apparently, it's a success so far.
Which conspiracy theory? You mean canadian CSIS suspect that they could be spies is a conspiracy theory? btw nothing strange, anyone knows that Mossad is a very active spy agency. I understand your indignation Ben and Dfb. This antisemitic attack against israeli art sellers, first in the USA, now in Canada, is a scandal. They want to ethnically clean the world of art selling in northern america.
I expect Mossad is very active (otherwise Israel goes bye-bye), but not so stupid as to have dozens of people going door to door in the most conspicous way imaginable, getting apprehended in city after city ("But that's the brilliance of it!. Make them look so ridiculous that people won't believe they're spies. BWAHAHAHAHA") I don't want to criticize your favorite anti-Zionist web sites, but this is being portrayed in a curious way. You know, wink, wink, those Israelis knew something about 9-11- maybe even blew up the WTC! Puh-lease. Oh, one other thing. Everytime I go to Italy I see hundreds of African spies (you know, peddling cheap art, looking suspicious, all the telltale signs), especially in Florence. There may be a connection with Israel. You need to look into that.
You should read the proposed links. I guess CSIS is more reliable than your "feeling". This means only they were spying as other national spy agencies do. No conspiracy theory. Simple inoffensive covers are the best. It all depends on what you want to do. To gather infos this was a good trick. This is just a sequel of the US antispy operation. Probably canadian CSIS has decided to look if they also had some weird "art student" around. I rarely read salon.com, most of the times just because someone here puts a link. While africans escape starvation, israelis don't come from third world. Anyway I guess they are al qaeda spies and they don't go to sensible places to sell "art". Ben, Those were israeli spies. No conspiracy theories added. Now Ben explain me why you're so fond of censorship when there's some bad (or better something you consider to be bad) news about Israel.
"In particular, the DEA" What interest would Israel have in spying on DEA activities? Like Ben said, the Mossad is certainly spying on the US and Canada (just as US and Canadian intelligence is spying on Israel, and each other for that matter), but trust me, they don't do it in such an obvious manner. Which brings me to the often-heard conspiracy theory that 9/11 was obviously a Mossad plot because Israeli nationals were filming the attacks and were heard cheering in the background (curious, I've never actually seen this tape). Now, whether or not you like Israel, you cannot deny that the Mossad is an extremely capable and professional intelligence organization, without a doubt one of the top 4 in the world (along with the CIA, MI-6, and Russian Intelligence, altho I have no idea what order you would put those in). Do you really think that if Mossad agents had planned the 9/11 attacks, they would be standing on a rooftop of a neighboring building cheering them??
I promise you that I'm against censorship and was not the Mossad agent responsible for getting the article off the Ottawa Sun web site. They won't let me do things like that yet. Actually, please explain why you believe every negative story about Israel regardless of the lack of evidence. There is no evidence that they're Mossad spies. There are questions, but no answers. There is no way a rational human can say "Ben, Those were israeli spies. " There are numerous of other explanations that are more likely than Mossad agents getting caught left and right. The only thing we know for a fact is that there are Israelis illegaly working in the USA and Canada. BTW, one of the first things we did after 9-11 was to kick thousands of Mexicans out of the country. That sure made me feel safer. If they are Mossad agents, I'm very worried about Israel. Lastly, either your ridiculously naive or intentionally ignoring the purpose of the stories. Most of the time this is tied in with 9-11 (75.9% of the time a direct reference is made).
A bit off topic, but an interesting read: http://www.maximonline.com/grit/articles/article_4010.html Heh, good point.
If it is the normal procedure in the US and Canada to send away foreign XTC smugglers and not to arrest them and then after a trial, jail them, it could be an accetable explanation, Barnash. But why not say it? "International group of XTC smugglers discovered", a good news title (oh well, the idea, put in proper english). Also it is hard to believe they went to the DEA to perform their activity...
I see. It is a good point. But the question remains why the secret? Why haven't they been arrested, faced a tribunal and then jailed?
And how they gonna proof that? All the got is some art students trying to sell their art in weird places
By collecting evidences. If they lacked they would have been discharged but nonetheless expelled. It could have been a good way to try to destroy israeli XTC smugglers' organization in the US. And btw how do you know for sure they had no evidences?