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Canadian Intelligence Eh! Podcast

Podcast 43 – Naama Kates and ‘The Incel Project’

In this podcast, investigative journalist Naama Kates and intelligence analyst Phil Gurski dive deep inside the incel community.

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Quick Hits: Was the deadly attack at a Toronto erotic spa an act of ‘incel terrorism’?

A youth ‘incel’ in Toronto has been charged with terrorism for the killing of a woman at an erotic spa back in February. Is this the right charge? Is incel terrorism?

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Canadian Intelligence Eh! Podcast

Podcast 21 – Are Incels Terrorists?

Alek Minassian killed 10 people and wounded 16 in an alleged ‘incel’ attack in Toronto on April 23, 2018. Was this a terrorist incident and are incels terrorists?

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Perspectives

Maybe Alek Minassian wasn’t an ‘incel’ terrorist after all

I am not a “I told you so” kinda guy. I have been wrong enough times in my life, even as an intelligence analyst, to know that thinking I am always right is not a good strategy. Not too mention annoyingly arrogant. Still, I want to return to the attack on Yonge Street in Toronto […]

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A provisional mea culpa on incels

If there is one thing I take pride in it is my commitment to speaking and writing only on matters on which I think I have something meaningful or useful to say. Our world is all too crammed with ‘instant experts’ willing to weigh in on just about anything, although more often than not they […]

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Perspectives

OK, so I was wrong on incel – to a point

I have always believed it important to own up to an error, especially an error in analysis.  A good analyst is ALWAYS open to learning, to considering new information, and to changing his or her mind in the face of that new info.  A bad analyst sticks to his or her guns irrespective of new […]

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Perspectives

Why Are Some Forms of Terrorist Violence Not Labelled as Terrorism?

The Canadian government is doing a terrible job at calling terrorism what it is, preferring to focus on only one part of the violence spectrum

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Perspectives

Islamist Terrorists are misogynists and rapists: it is time to accept that

Why does everyone shy away from condemning jihadis when it comes to sexual violence? After all, they have a long track record of these crimes.

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Perspectives

The Terrorism Dog That Didn’t Bite: A Look Back at Violent Extremism in 2023

Predictions of a ‘rise’ in far right terrorism have been making the rounds for several years and been found wanting: is it time to admit that jihadis still rule the terrorism roost?

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How much ‘right’ does the public have to know?

Are there occasions when less, rather than more, information is a better way to manage reactions to violence in our societies?