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In the ten days immediately following the September 11 attacks in the United States in 2001, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) initiated Project Shock which sought to quickly collect and act on any information or rumors related to possible threats posed by Muslims in Canada.〔Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, (Intelligence Sharing between the United States and Canada", January 29, 2007 )〕 The authorities noted that "many of the tangible and intangible barriers were taken down", allowing the RCMP previously disallowed access to government files, permission to give such information to foreign governments and send copies of hard drives seized in raids to Americans.〔RCMP, (High levels of collaboration continue one year post-9/11 ), 2002〕〔Shephard, Michelle. Toronto Star, "All intelligence shared with U.S. Safeguards fell,Arar inquiry told"〕〔 It was ostensibly the first time the RCMP had been allowed to mix intelligence gathering and law enforcement since the 1981 ''Royal Commission of Inquiry into Certain Activities of the RCMP'', which had revealed a number of scandals surrounding the RCMP Security Service, and led to the dissolution of the unit.〔 Six years later, the Privacy Commissioner Jennifer Stoddart noted that similar tips proved "little more than public hysteria during a time of crisis",〔Office of the Privacy Commissioner, (Backgrounder: Examination of RCMP Exempt Data Banks ), February 13, 2008〕 and in 2009 explained the database as "information that they thought might have been of strategic importance", but that it had been closed down.〔Hansard, 40th Parliament, 2nd Session, "Standing Committee on Access to Information, Privacy and Ethics", February 23, 2009〕 ==Role== The RCMP unit acted under the supervision of the National Security Investigations Branch,〔 and seconded members of local authorities, like the Calgary Police Service, to their division.〔Criminal Intelligence Service Alberta, Annual Report April 2001-March 2002〕 They were given a $60 million budget,〔Asian Pacific Post, ( Editorial: A chilling message to Muslims in Canada ), October 2, 2003〕 and told that "the goals...were prevention first, then intelligence gathering, and lastly, prosecution".〔Pither, Kerry. "Dark Days: The Story of Four Canadians Tortured in the Name of Fighting Terror", 2008.〕 The project ultimately arrested 20 Canadians and accused them of links to terrorism. It also led the creation of Integrated National Security Enforcement Teams.〔 Many other Canadians were discovered to have entered the country illegally, and some possessed false identification.〔Criminal Intelligence Service Alberta, (Semi-Annual Report, April 2002-September 2002 )〕 One officer threatened to launch a lawsuit for the "racist bent and bigotry" he believed his superior was practising.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Project Shock」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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