Are there occasions when less, rather than more, information is a better way to manage reactions to violence in our societies?
Category: Perspectives
Does the UK know something of the terrorist threat to Canada that we don’t? If so, I hope we find out!
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.
How do academics and practitioners in countering terrorism get along and what are the challenges?
Good intelligence from a variety of sources can help us understand events but it cannot eliminate deep-seated biases and distrust
Supporting Palestine is one thing, supporting a terrorist group like Hamas is quite another…and unacceptable
Writing about terrorism cannot be easy given the inherent danger in going to conflict zones: so why does a Canadian journalist do it?
Intelligence agencies are expected to never make mistakes: why is this the only profession subject to such an impossible standard?
Nations cannot be permitted to send ‘hit squads’ to other nations to kill dissidents: is India part of this club?
We collect and receive intelligence on the condition that it be handled properly. What happens when someone ignores those rules?