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Quick Hits 157 – Language matter when talking about terrorism!

Necessary coinage or political correctness?

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Quick Hits 156 – Is Africa the new “Jihadist central”?

It is becoming clearer that Africa is supplanting the traditional Asia as the locus of jihadi terrorism.

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Quick Hits 155 – Are “experts” as good as they say they are?

Everywhere you turn you come across an ‘expert’.

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Quick Hits 154 – Why are we in such a hurry to call mass murder terrorism?

Two more mass shootings recently took place in the US – one in Atlanta and one in Georgia – making 103 since January 1st of this year.

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Quick Hits 153 – What does a 1940s Hollywood movie tell us about disinformation?

21st-Century Gaslighting

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Quick Hits 152 – Intelligence Veteran Reviews Wisting (2019)

Are serial killers terrorists?

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Intelligence Veteran Reviews – Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014)

Is HYDRA a terrorist organisation which created the ultimate terrorist?

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Quick Hits 150 – Why declaring “premature victory” is rarely a good idea

Former CSIS intelligence analyst Phil Gurski cautions against jumping to conclusions about intelligence requirements and priorities.

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Quick Hits 149 – Is It OK to show cartoons that offend?

What is acceptable when it comes to controversial material?

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Quick Hits 148 – Can anything be a terrorist attack?

It seems that everyone is calling everything terrorism these days. It is almost as if the word is in the eye (brain?) of the beholder. In this Quick Hits podcast episode, Borealis pushes back against this uncareful use. If the ins and outs of terrorism, extremism, national security and public safety are of interest to […]