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New Orleans Attack Signifies That Groups Like ISIS and Al-Qaeda Are Still Very Much a Threat

This piece first appeared in The Epoch Times Canada on January 6, 2025. For many around the world, the transition from one year to another is something to celebrate. We usually engage in reviews of the previous 365 days, make resolutions for the next, and party with our friends or attend events to ring in […]

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My Wish List for a Safe and Secure Canada in 2025

This piece first appeared in The Epoch Times Canada on December 30, 2024. At the end of one year and the beginning of another it is customary to look back at what happened and speculate on what is to come. With that in mind, here is an overview of national security as we enter 2025, […]

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Canadian Intelligence Eh! Podcast

Why don’t most ‘radicals’ go on to commit terrorism?

Episode 257 – How to tell non-violent ‘radicals’ from the violent ones The field of ‘radicalisation’ studies has been growing quickly, especially since 9/11. Practitioners and academics have seen this process as a precursor to the actual execution of acts of terrorism. But most of those who radicalise never move on to action? Why not? […]

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Podcast Spies Like Us

Hogus Pocus…Bogus

Season 2 Episode 21 The guys are joined by investigative journalist Sam Cooper to dissect the recently released Hogue report on foreign interference in Canada. Suffice to say they ain’t impressed and suspect, like the Hardy Boys, that there is much left unsaid. Alternate link

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The Threat of China’s Secret Police Stations on Our Soil

This piece appeared in The Epoch Times Canada on December 21, 2024. When you think of a local police station—not the headquarters building but a smaller neighbourhood branch—what comes to mind? Likely a few things: a sense of security that the police are nearby if trouble brews, a place to touch base with law enforcement […]

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Canadian Intelligence Eh! Podcast

The terrorists’ who’s who in Africa

Episode 256 – Why is Africa rife with jihadi groups? Last year the Global Terrorism Index for the first time put an African nation, Burkina Faso, at the top of its list of terrorist attacks. A phenomenon most associate with the Middle East (and West Asia: think Pakistan and Afghanistan) is now increasingly dominated by […]

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Putting the terrorism cartel before the horse?

Spies Like Us – Season 2 Episode 20 The guys muse about the US decision to list Mexican drug cartels as terrorist organisations, whether politicians are too timid in labeling terrorist acts as terrorism and what Nancy Drew teaches us about confusion. Alternative link

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Can terrorists also be guilty of war crimes?

Episode 255 – Are ISIS terrorists also engaged in what are known as war crimes? War is part of human history alas. Our penchant for killing one another goes back millennia and, as current events demonstrate (Ukraine, Gaza, Sudan…), it shows no signs of ebbing. Terrorism, on the other hand, is a much more recent […]

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Russia is ‘Putin’ the boots to the West

Spies Like Us Season 2 Episode 19 – Fools Russian in… The guys delve into Russian antagonistic moves in the West, the abuse of Canada’s student visa programme, and encourage Marc Garneau to run for Prime Minister Alternate link.

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Does TikTok really pose a ‘national security’ threat?

Episode 254– Would the banning of TikTok enhance Western security? That TikTok is a very popular social media platform is not debatable. There are more than 1 BILLION users worldwide and 170 million in the US alone. However, the fact that TikTok is owned by a Chinese company is raising questions. What happens to your […]