Ted Finn
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The first director of CSIS, Thomas D'Arcy "Ted" Finn ran the service from 1984 until 1988.
Finn oversaw the erasing of 156 wiretaps related to the Air India bombing, in what was dubbed by Justice Ian Josephson as "unacceptable negligence" by CSIS when hundreds of wiretaps of the suspects were destroyed. Of the 210 wiretaps that were recorded, 156 were erased. These tapes continued to be erased even after the terrorists had become the primary suspects in the bombing.
CSIS claims the wiretaps contained no relevant information but a memo from the RCMP states that "There is a strong likelihood that had CSIS retained the tapes between March and August 1985, that a successful prosecution of at least some of principals in both bombings could have been undertaken." [1]
There were rumors that he was paid $45,000 by the RCMP's Public Complaints Commission for consulting services not put up for bid, which caused some to question its legitimacy.
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