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Does who we are define what we do?

The warning signs in the Christchurch terrorist’s Australian upbringing.

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Perspectives

December 18, 2000: Shooting in West Bank

On this day in 2000 Jewish ‘settlers’ opened fire on a school near Nablus, killing one student and wounding two.

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December 17, 1973: Palestinian grenade attack on Pan Am airplane in Rome

On this day in 1973, more than 30 people were killed by grenades and gunfire at the hands of Palestinian terrorists at Rome’s airport.

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Trump’s last gasps on foreign policy will lead to more terrorism, not less

The Trump Administration’s rush to get Arab/Muslim states to recognise Israel will paper over historical differences and feed political violence.

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So now our spies need a warrant to use Google?

What to make of a new NSIRA report criticising CSIS for using open source info to help it do its job?

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December 16, 2008: Failed Afghan dynamite attack in Paris

A previously unknown Afghan terrorist group seeking foreign troops out of the country failed to detonate sticks of dynamite in a Paris store in December 2008

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Thanks YouTube for tuning in to Borealis!

We just wants to say thanks to each and every of you for your support and engagement in 2020 and wish you all a Merry Christmas and a great 2021!

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Canadian Intelligence Eh! Podcast

Yannick Veilleux-Lepage: What do aircraft hijackings tell us about terrorist innovation?

Canadian scholar Yannick Veilleux-Lepage walks us through the ‘evolution’ of this phenomenon.

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December 15, 1981: Truck bombing in Beirut

A suicide bomber linked to an Iranian Shiite terrorist group drove a vehicle into the Iraqi Embassy in Beirut, killing dozens including the Lebanese Ambassador to Baghdad.

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When does collective safety overrule individual rights? Now!

A society must have the authority to take away the rights of the few when those rights endanger the many.