China has used a very small terrorist threat from Uyghur Islamist extremists to launch an enormous crackdown. Borealis is joined by GWU’s Sean Roberts to discuss his new book on this humanitarian outrage.
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No, you do not need a BA to be a spy
It is time to stop ruling out great Canadians from our intelligence agencies just because they never went to university.
In a time when many say we need to focus on right-wing terrorism, the stabbing in Paris near Charlie Hebdo offices is an uncomfortable exception.
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The man who cried ISIS
Canadian police arrest Shehroze Chaudhry (Abu Huzayfah) for fabricating interviews about terrorist involvement with Islamic State (ISIS) and terrorism hoax.
Australia’s domestic spies are ramping up their counter-terrism efforts against right wing extremists, probably at the expense of looking at jihadis.
Phil Gurski, Canadian intelligence veteran and author on five books about terrorism joins David to discuss the sources of terror, the war on terror and much more.
As the trial of Brenton Tarrant comes to a close questions were asked. What did the authorities know? Could they have prevented it?
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A better way to look at terrorism
A recent US case where a pair of ‘Boogaloo Bois’ tried to deal with the terrorist group Hamas has raised some interesting questions on US counter terrorism practice.
What if some accused of terrorist offences are not in fact terrorists at all? Borealis looks at the cases of Paul Rusesabagina and Eskinder Nega.
Edward Snowden is painted as a courageous whistleblower and maybe he is. Yet there is little in life that is uniquely positive and this goes as well for the smashers of secrets.