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Episode 267 – A look back at the 7/7 London (UK) bombings twenty years later. When it comes to major terrorist attacks that grab the world’s attention a few rise to the top. 9/11 (of course!), the 1983 Marine barracks bombing in Beirut, the Bataclan/Stade de France massacre and the Madrid metro attack in 2004 […]
Episode 280 – A deep look at how drug gangs are abusing the homeless in Canada When we talk about national security and public safety most people would likely go immediately to issues such as terrorism and espionage. And yet, there are many other things that pose a more immediate threat in most societies. Drug […]
Season 2 Episode 39 What do you get when you let three former spies loose on questions from their ‘fans’? The regular ‘ask us’ episode! We bet you have never had to think about the importance of a Farsi (Persian)-speaking parrot. Only here… Substack link Spotify link Spies Like Us With a combined 90+ years […]
Episode 279 – What, another ISIS affiliate in Africa? Mozambique achieved independence in 1974 after a long civil war with its former Portuguese colonial power. Like most African nations, however, peace and stability are not that common in the post European power era. The southeastern country has been facing down a jihadi movement affiliated with […]
Episode 266 – Why did Canada’s protectors not prevent a terrorist attack by Sikh extremists in June 1985? For those of us who work(ed) in national security the job boils down to one thing and one thing only: stop bad things from happening. So what gives if we screw up and a bomb on an […]
Episode 278 – The spate of attacks on Jewish targets in the West is most definitely on the rise with no end in sight You would have to be asleep over the past year and a half to not notice a precipitous rise in anti-Semitic attacks in the West. Some of this is tied to […]
Episode 277 – Forty years after the Air India attack and a few years after an Indian killing of a Sikh extremist on Canadian soil Everyone remembers 9/11. That single event has become a ‘where were you when’ moment in human history. Few know, however, that prior to that cataclysmic attack, a bomb on an […]
Spies Like Us Season 2 Episode 38 – WWJD? Don’t ask a Christian extremist! This week the lads weigh in on the killing of two politicians in Minnesota, US Emperor Cheetoh’s dismissal of his own nation’s intelligence and what to do if a peeler dressed as a cop shows up at your bachelorette party (hint, […]
Episode 276 – How do you adequately police the world’s second largest country? Federal police. Provincial police. Regional Police. Municipal police. A real dog’s breakfast in Canada. Does in work? Does it need a re-think? Phil talks with a former RCMP officer and municipal police chief about these issues. Spotify link About my guest Vern […]
Season 2 Episode 37 The guys talk about Israel’s decision to take out Iranian nuclear facilities, why the Carney government decided to appoint a Public Safety minister who is unwilling to look at certain files, and why is Al speaking in a faux German accent? Spotify link Substack link Spies Like Us With a combined […]