The delay left insufficient time for CSIS to obtain a federal judge's final consent to implant bugs in Mr. Chan's cars, home, office, laptops, and mobile phones before the 2021 campaign began, a national-security source told The Globe at the time.
Because they ran the possibility of being prosecuted under the Security of Information Act, The Globe chose not to reveal the source.
Mr. Blair refuted the claim that his office took too long to approve the warrant. About three hours after it arrived on his desk, he signed the Chan warrant, he said before the April investigation.
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