CSIS connection to ISIS?

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Did someone with ties to Canada help smuggle three British school girls into Syria, so they could join ISIS? That’s the question many are asking tonight, after reports surfaced that the person arrested for helping the girls is connected to Canadian intelligence.

A European security source familiar with the case told Reuters the person arrested for helping the girls, had a connection with the Canadian Security Intelligence Service, known as CSIS.

The three girls, two just 15 years old and one 16 years old, travelled from the U.K to Turkey last month. Fom there, they are believed to have crossed into Syria. Despite the reports from Turkey, a source told the Canadian Press the individual arrested is not a Canadian citizen, nor an employee of CSIS, although intelligence agencies commonly recruit freelancers to carry out tasks. In the House of Commons, NDP Deputy Leader Megan Leslie asked Public Safety Minister Steven Blaney if the reports were true. He responded with a reference to the Harper government’s controversial anti-terrorism bill… “the member can understand that I’m not in the habit of commenting on the activities of our national security agencies. What I can say is that – as an elected official, I invite her to support bill C-51, which will allow us to continue to effectively protect Canadians against any terrorist threat.”

Bill C-51 would give the Canadian Security Intelligence Service the ability to actively disrupt terror plots, make it easier for police to limit the movements of a suspect, expand no-fly list powers and relax the sharing of federally held information about activity that “undermines the security of Canada.” As for the person who allegedly helped smuggle the British girls into Syria, not too many details are being released. A Turkish government official told the Associated Press that the suspect has been detained for more than a week now.