The Globe and Mail reports in its Saturday, Aug. 15, edition that secrets upon secrets surround a hearing into allegations that Canada's spy agency kept tabs on anti-pipeline environmental groups and may even have used moles. A Canadian Press dispatch to The Globe reports that the lawyer representing the groups was forbidden from discussing anything that took place at a restricted hearing of the Canadian Security Intelligence Service watchdog committee. Josh Patterson, executive director of the B.C. Civil Liberties Association, which filed a complaint on behalf of several groups, said he was barred from sharing any information with his clients about his participation in the Vancouver hearing on Wednesday. Will Horter, director of the Dogwood Initiative, one of the groups alleging CSIS illegally spied on them, said Mr. Paterson was unable to tell him anything about his testimony. Mr. Horter said: "I asked a fairly simple question of my lawyer: 'Did you feel like you got a fair hearing?' And he said, 'I can't answer that question.' That's deeply disturbing." The hearing is determining whether CSIS crossed the legal line in eyeing anti-pipeline activists.