Canada's spy agency says it would use information obtained through torture to derail a possible terrorist plot. The statement from the Canadian Security Intelligence Service, contained in briefing notes released to The Canadian Press. The notes say that although such information would never be admissible in court to prosecute someone posing an imminent threat, "the government must nevertheless make use of the information to attempt to disrupt that threat before it materializes." CSIS will share information received from an international partner with the police and other authorities "even in the rare and extreme circumstance that we have some doubt as to the manner in which the foreign agency acquired it," say the notes prepared for use by CSIS director Dick Fadden. CSIS has never condoned torture and finds it abhorrent, the briefing notes say. But the spy agency's position on torture hasn't always been clear. In March last year, CSIS lawyer Geoffrey O'Brian told the Commons national security committee the agency would use information gathered through torture in the rare instance that it could prevent a catastrophic terrorist plot like the 1985 Air India bombing or the 9-11 attacks."The simple truth is, if we get information which can prevent something like the Air India bombing, the Twin Towers — whatever, frankly — that is the time when we will use it despite the provenance of that information." "As we have said before, we don't think there's a Canadian out there who would expect CSIS to ignore information that could save the lives of Canadians."