Ever since Michelle Shephard of the Toronto Star broke the news of a $35 million lawsuit by 5 CSIS employees I have agonised over what to write and even whether to write about this issue. I turned down several requests for interviews from major Canadian TV networks and a few radio stations since I did […]
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CSIS and the courts at loggerheads?
These past couple of months have not been good for Canada’s spy service. First, the Federal Court ruled that CSIS has been negligent in informing it of a programme whereby it ‘illegally kept’ data (which it had collected legally under warrant) on Canadians. Then there is the criticism that the Service shared questions with the […]
I know for sure that this blog is going to raise some hackles, especially among my US friends and colleagues. Why? Because I am going to argue that the current US counter terrorism architecture is inadequate to deal with the threat and needs a serious overhaul. The solution I am proposing, however, will go against […]
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CSIS and disruption
CSIS Director Michel Coulombe appeared before the Senate National Security and Defence Committee today and stated that his organisation has used its new disruption powers over twenty times since 2015. This measure was controversial when introduced by the former Conservative government and is still seen by some as too strong for a service that […]
Episode 293 – Is the Trump Administration undermining those agencies tasked with keeping it safe? Security intelligence and law enforcement agencies do very important jobs in investigating threats to our nations. As a consequence, they have to have the resources to do that, without interference for political reasons. What is happening in the US, however, […]
Season 3 Episode 4 – Spies going dark while gangs move into the spotlight This week the lads delve into the increasing challenge of encryption, Canada’s addiction to listing everyone as a terrorist group and wonder why Public Safety Minister Gary Anandasangaree did not say anything daft this week. Special Report on the Lawful Access […]
Episode 292 – What ever happened to cracking down on Chinese interference in Canada? Remember the Hogue Inquiry? Canada went through a soul search into Chinese actions in our country, what we knew and what we ignored (i.e. decades of intelligence that was rejected or not even read) and came up with a whole bunch […]
Season 3 Episode 3 – Hip hop is painful, just ask Kneecap! In episode 3 of season 3 the lads weigh in on the implications of the Canadian government’s recognition of Palestine, why Canada kneed an Irish hip hop band in the…knee, and what has Public Safety Minister Gary Anandasangaree said now? Hip-hop group Kneecap […]
Episode 291 – The world should help women and girls fleeing Taliban misogynist rule If it is one thing jihadi terrorists are known for it is their hatred of women. While they claim to be ‘pure’ Muslims who treat women in accordance with Islamic law they are in fact vile misogynists. Of these extremists there […]
Spies Like Us – Season 3 Episode 2 While drug-addled Al deals with a centipede from the seventh layer of hell, the boys (sober for once) delve into the rhetoric over the far left/far right in the West, why labeling organised crime groups terrorists is a ‘terror-ible’ idea and offer some great advice to crooks […]