It was in Quebec that the extent and magnitude of the crimes of the Security Service of the RCMP first became apparent. The revelations of the Keable Commission, established by a party that had been the victim of RCMP harassment, so embarrassed the Liberal government that the MacDonald Commission was hurriedly set-up to stem the flow. Robert Dion, a Quebec journalist and researcher, covered the Keable Commission from its inception. In his book, Crimes of the Secret Police he meticulously details the Liberal government's initial attempts to stall the Keable Commission and how they virtually shut it down through jurisdictional disputes with the MacDonald Commission. Crimes of the Secret Police also contains the first full account of the APLQ break-in, the theft and reproduction of the PQ membership lists and the RCMP's manipulation and exploitation of the Front de Liberation du Quebec (FLQ) in the early 70s. In a new chapter, not included in the original French edition, the author analyses the MacDonald Commission report and contrasts it with that of the Keable Commission. Crimes of the Secret Police is an indispensable book for all those concerned with the present and future role of the secret police in Canada.