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Canadian Intelligence Eh!

What is it like to be a national security advisor?

Busy people need help understanding the torrent of information sent to them, including intelligence. That is where a national security advisor comes in.

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Canadian Intelligence Eh!

What is happening in France vis-a-vis terrorism?

Of all the Western nations France seems to suffer the highest level of terrorist attacks. Why is this?

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Canadian Intelligence Eh!

What are the repercussions of the Hamas attack and Israel’s response?

In the aftermath of the heinous attack by Hamas in Israel what next? A very good question with few answers

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Is ISIS the new ‘role model’ for Islamist terrorism?

The Hamas terrorist attack on Israel is bad enough: what does it mean that some of the attackers unfurled an ISIS flag on Israeli territory?

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Canadian Intelligence Eh!

Canada’s security service is the most over-regulated one in the Western world

Running an intelligence agency is not an average job one would imagine: what was it like to do so in Canada in the post Cold War/9/11 era?

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Yes there is something called left-wing terrorism – get it right!

Left-wing terrorism is on the rise in many countries but no one seems to want to talk about it – why not?

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Canadian Intelligence Eh!

When it comes to counter-terrorism be careful whom you deal with

Several nations, especially in Africa, have engaged the Russia-based Wagner Group to do counter-terrorism ops. A good idea?

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Canadian Intelligence Eh!

Political agendas and intelligence practice are like oil and water

It is one thing for governments to tell their spies what they want to know: it is quite another for the former to do the latter’s job.

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Is it ever ok to make fun of terrorism?

Is laughing at terrorists an insult to the victims or is it a good strategy to pursue and acceptable?

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Canadian Intelligence Eh!

Afghanistan under the Taliban: more terrorism?

Afghanistan has been in a lot of trouble for a very long time and now the Taliban are back in power. How much worse can things get?