Richard Fadden

Richard B. Fadden is the Director of the Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS), a position he has held since June 2009.^[1] He was previously the Deputy Minister of Citizenship and Immigration Canada from 2006 to 2009.^[1]

Born in September 1951, Fadden attended the University of Ottawa (Graduate Diploma, Law University of Montréal (Bachelor of Laws) and McGill University (Bachelor, Political Science).^[2]

Fadden is a career civil servant, beginning in 1978 as a Foreign Service Officer in the Department of External Affairs.^[3] He moved to the Security and Intelligence Secretariat of the Privy Council Office in 1983. Fadden was Principal officer with the Auditor General from 1988 and promoted as legal advisor and assistant Auditor General in the Office of the Auditor General of Canada from 1990 to 1996.

Other postings include:

• Assistant Deputy Minister, Department of Natural Resources 1996-1998
• President of the Canadian Food Inspection Agency 2002-2005
• Assistant Secretary to the Treasury Board for Government Operations 1998-2000
• Deputy Clerk, Counsel and Security and Intelligence Coordinator, Privy Council Office 2000-2002

Fadden made headlines in June 2010 by announcing that foreign countries were both performing industrial esponiage against Canada, and trying to influence Canadian politicians. Fadden went on to say that Cabinet Ministers in two Provinces, and several municipal politicians were influenced by a foreign government when making policy decisions.^[4]

Several other have criticized Fadden for his remarks, especially since they were in a CBC National interview released just before the G8 and G20 summits in Ontario; the interview was conducted earlier in the year after the CBC approached Fadden to repeat statements he had made in a private (albeit videotaped) speech at the Royal Canadian Military Institute.^[5] Although no countries were named the National Post, Globe and Mail, CBC, CTV, and several other Canadian media oulets have speculated that Mr. Fadden is referring to China.^[6]

References

1. ^ ^{a b} "Our Director". http://www.csis-scrs.gc.ca/bts/drctr-eng.asp. Retrieved 5 July 2010. 
2. ^ http://pm.gc.ca/eng/media.asp?id=1208
3. ^ http://www.energy.ca/users/folder.asp?FolderID=3751
4. ^ Boesveld, Sarah. "Government infiltrated by spies, CSIS boss says". Toronto: The Globe and Mail. http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/fadden-raises-espionage-alarm/article1614071/. Retrieved 5 July 2010. 
5. ^ Freeze, Colin; Bailey, Ian (23 June 2010). "CSIS director’s future in doubt as politicians decry remarks". Toronto: The Globe and Mail. http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/csis-directors-future-in-doubt-as-politicians-decry-remarks/article1615583/. Retrieved 15 December 2010. 
6. ^ "Some politicians under foreign sway: CSIS". CBC News. 23 June 2010. http://www.cbc.ca/politics/story/2010/06/22/spying-csis.html. Retrieved 5 July 2010. ^{[dead link]}

Canadian Security Intelligence Service

Directors	Chiefs	Agents	Informants	Related agencies
Ted Finn Reid Morden Ray Protti Ward P.D. Elcock Dale Neufeld Jim Judd Richard Fadden	Jack Hooper Luc Portelance R. Andrew (Andy) Ellis Bob Gordon Jean-Claude Boton Eva Plunkett James S. Warren Mel Deschenes Michel Juneau-Katsuya David B. Harris	David Ayre John Farrell Raymond Kobzey Willy Laurie	Santokh Bagga Grant Bristow Surjan Singh Gill° Jim Moses Mubin Shaikh Shaher Elsohemy	Communications Security Establishment Integrated National Security Enforcement Teams Target Approval and Review Committee

° denotes that allegations of acting as a mole are not proven.

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