What intelligence agency in the West has absolutely NO oversight body or obligation to government?

[shockedcanadian]

Literally, not accountable. Literally no obligation. They are an individual and independent agency (funded quite well by the taxpayers of course). They have absolutely no oversight or liason between their agency and the government, the only nation in the "Five Eyes" that does not (the Five Eyes consist of America, New Zealand, Australia, England and Canada). You might be surprised to know that the only agency without any oversight it is the Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS).

Astonishingly, a couple of years ago the current Conservative government hid a sentence in an omnibus bill that took away any direct responsibility from CSIS in regards to reporting to or having discussions with the government regarding what they do. In an almost comical example of outright lying, the reason for getting rid of any oversight (there is only the SIRC, which is a "review agency&quot is based on the savings of a meagre $1 million to the federal budget.


CSIS freed from final shreds of oversight
http://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorialopinion/2012/04/30/csis_freed_from_final_shreds_of_oversight.html

Consider for the moment that unlike the CIA which cannot spy on Americans on American soil, this is all that CSIS does. They are mandated to ONLY spy on Canadians within Canada. They do so without a leash, restrictions or obligation to anyone. Noone in the government, including the Prime Ministers Office can contact CSIS and demand an answer, noone is there to question tactics or potentially illegal activities. Remember, this is the equivalent of the CIA operating against it's own citizens using many of the same methodology, but to what end? With what obligation to democracy and Human Rights?