The country\u2019s public broadcaster had instructed journalists not to describe the attacks as terrorism without attribution<\/p>\n
The FBI temporarily suspended some cooperation with its Canadian counterpart this month after the country\u2019s public broadcaster instructed journalists not to refer to the 9\/11 attacks as terrorism without attribution to experts or authorities, the New York Times reported on Friday, citing officials familiar with the matter.
\nAccording to the Times, FBI officials canceled meetings with the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP). Normal cooperation was restored around the 25th anniversary of the September 11 attacks, after the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) reversed its stance.
\nIn response to the Times report, RCMP Commissioner Mark Duheme said: \u201cWe value our relationship with our US counterparts, as we work closely to respond to threats to national security and maintain situational awareness of emerging risks.\u201d
\nThe controversy erupted late last month when a CBC memo was leaked to the Canadian press. The broadcaster explained that its \u201clongstanding language guidance regarding the terms \u2018terrorist\u2019 and \u2018terrorism\u2019 is a preference for the use of these words with attribution, a practice shared by many of the world\u2019s top journalistic organizations.\u201d
\nThe memo sparked outrage in the US, where nearly 3,000 people were killed 25 years ago when Al-Qaeda terrorists hijacked four passenger planes and crashed two into the World Trade Center towers in New York and one into the Pentagon outside Washington, DC. The fourth crashed in a field in Pennsylvania. FBI Director Kash Patel described the CBC\u2019s stance as a \u201cbastardization of history\u201d and an insult to the victims.<\/p>\n
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Following the backlash, the CBC said it was updating its language guidance to \u201cclarify that direct attribution is not required for describing the historic events of 9\/11 as terrorism.\u201d The broadcaster denied, however, that any of its news reports had implied that the attacks were not terrorism.
\nThe incident added to a broader feud between the neighbors after talks on a new trade deal abruptly collapsed last month, with both sides blaming each other. US President Donald Trump has repeatedly suggested that Canada should become \u201cthe 51st US state\u201d and recently instructed federal agencies to refer to Lake Ontario, which straddles the US-Canada border, as Lake America.
\nThe talks broke down after the two sides failed to agree on tariffs and other issues, including US objections to Canadian rules protecting French-language and domestic cultural content.
\nFollowing a falling out with Trump, Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney expressed interest in the country becoming the European Union\u2019s first associate member. European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen made the offer earlier this week.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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