Categories
Perspectives

The challenges of gathering intelligence during a pandemic – addendum

Satellite imagery (aka imagery intelligence or IMINT) is a very useful tool in gathering data on what is happening during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Categories
Podcast Quick Hits

Quick Hits: Nova Scotia Mass Shooting

An unspeakable crime has occurred in Nova Scotia with the deaths of 18 people, including an RCMP officer. Was this terrorism?

Categories
Perspectives

The Nova Scotia massacre – more questions than answers

The mass shootings in Nova Scotia on April 19 and 20 have led to many questions on the motives behind the massacre, questions that may go unanswered.

Categories
Podcast Quick Hits

Is a dead terrorist a good terrorist? | QUICK HITS 34

Is it ok to kill terrorists regardless of the circumstances? Is a dead terrorist a good terrorist?

Categories
Perspectives

The challenges of gathering intelligence during a pandemic

Intelligence agencies play an important role during a pandemic to see how widespread the disease is as well as to determine who is hiding the truth.

Categories
Podcast Quick Hits

Will terrorists be using drones and technology? | QUICK HITS 33

There is a lot of talk about terrorist use of advanced technology. How afraid should we be about this? Is the end of the world around the corner?

Categories
Perspectives

What now for the environmental movement in Canada?

How recent setbacks, real or perceived, could lead some to activists taking the law into their own hands.

Categories
Perspectives

The perils of ‘terrorism prediction’

No one can predict the future and that includes terrorism ‘experts’.

Categories
Quick Hits

Quick Hits: Spreading the Coronavirus is NOT terrorism

There is a movement to charge those claiming to spread the COVID-19 virus with terrorism. We only dilute our understanding of the word if we do so.

Categories
Podcast Quick Hits

Should we bring back Canadian citizens who have fought for ISIS? | QUICK HITS 29

If you commit a crime in a foreign country that country has the right to arrest, try, convict, and imprison you (or execute you for a capital offence). Why should terrorists be any different?