Counter-terrorism unit set up in Alberta to help protect energy industry, public

Counter-terrorism unit set up in Alberta to help protect energy industry, public by John Cotter, June 6, 2012, The Canadian Press
The federal government has set up a counter-terrorism unit in Alberta and one of its main jobs will be to help protect the energy industry from attacks by extremists. The integrated national security enforcement team will be led by the RCMP and include officers from CSIS, the Edmonton and Calgary police forces and federal border patrol. Assistant Commissioner Gilles Michaud said the key to effectively guarding the labyrinth of oil and natural gas wells, pipelines and refineries in Alberta will be to gather intelligence to prevent attacks before they happen. … “We are basically looking at any individuals or groups that pose a threat to critical infrastructure, to our economy, to our safety that is based on either religious, political or ideological goals.” … Michaud said the terrorist threat in Canada could come more from people inside the country than outside the border. … Michaud said the Alberta unit hasn’t been formed to snoop on people…. “There has to be violence attached to their activities in order for us to pay attention to them,” he said. “…it is important that intelligence is collected against the activities of groups before they become violent.”

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