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FBI Pauses RCMP Cooperation After CBC 9/11 Guidance Row

By Drooid · Sep 18, 2026, 10:06 PM UTC · How we work

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Patel Pauses Cooperation

FBI Director Kash Patel temporarily paused FBI cooperation with the Royal Canadian Mounted Police over CBC’s 9/11 language guidance.
Patel warned on Aug. 28 via X that agencies not rejecting the guidance would lose a friend in the FBI.
CBC reversed its guidance on Aug. 28, allowing journalists to label the September 11 attacks as terrorism without attribution.
The cooperation pause ended around the September 11, 2026, 25th anniversary, though limited intelligence sharing continued.

Summary

FBI Launches Probe

The FBI opened an investigation on Sep. 2 after journalist Brian Krebs reported a dark-web licence sale.
The Nexus marketplace advertised millions of Canadian and U.S. licences, passports and medical records for sale.
IDScan.net said an unauthorized party accessed its cloud-stored customer data around Sept. 1.
The company is offering free credit-monitoring and identity-protection services to anyone it believes was impacted.

History

Historical Context

After the September 11, 2001 attacks that killed nearly 3,000 people, the United States created the Department of Homeland Security in 2002 and passed the Patriot Act, while the FBI launched the massive PENTTBOM investigation. The 2004 9/11 Commission Report documented coordination failures, prompting ongoing policy reviews. Those post-9/11 reforms reshaped intelligence practices and continue to influence today’s security cooperation debates.

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Patel Pauses Cooperation

FBI Director Kash Patel temporarily paused FBI cooperation with the Royal Canadian Mounted Police over CBC’s 9/11 language guidance.
Patel warned on Aug. 28 via X that agencies not rejecting the guidance would lose a friend in the FBI.
CBC reversed its guidance on Aug. 28, allowing journalists to label the September 11 attacks as terrorism without attribution.
The cooperation pause ended around the September 11, 2026, 25th anniversary, though limited intelligence sharing continued.

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