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How much ‘right’ does the public have to know?

Are there occasions when less, rather than more, information is a better way to manage reactions to violence in our societies?

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If Canada Is a Likely Target for Terrorist Attacks, Canadians Need to Know

Does the UK know something of the terrorist threat to Canada that we don’t? If so, I hope we find out!

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The Hamas attack on Israel: an ‘intelligence failure’ or a failure of intelligence? 

In the alacrity to assign blame for preventing the October 7 Hamas terrorist attack on Israel, that country’s spies were held responsible, wrongly it turns out.

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Canadian Intelligence Eh! Perspectives

How can academe help us to understand terrorism?

How do academics and practitioners in countering terrorism get along and what are the challenges?

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An Intelligent Way to Look at the Hospital Bombing in Gaza

Good intelligence from a variety of sources can help us understand events but it cannot eliminate deep-seated biases and distrust

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We Shouldn’t Be Seeing Celebratory Scenes in Toronto Supporting the Terrorist Attacks in Israel

Supporting Palestine is one thing, supporting a terrorist group like Hamas is quite another…and unacceptable

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Canadian Intelligence Eh! Perspectives

What is it like to write about terrorism for the news cycle?

Writing about terrorism cannot be easy given the inherent danger in going to conflict zones: so why does a Canadian journalist do it?

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Hamas Attack on Israel: Where Did the Intelligence Fail?

Intelligence agencies are expected to never make mistakes: why is this the only profession subject to such an impossible standard?

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Did India send a hit squad to kill an alleged Sikh terrorist in Canada?

Nations cannot be permitted to send ‘hit squads’ to other nations to kill dissidents: is India part of this club?

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Ex-RCMP Officer Ortis’s Court Documents Show Damning Revelations

We collect and receive intelligence on the condition that it be handled properly. What happens when someone ignores those rules?