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Hometown terrorists?

The actual place of incubation does not matter. What does is having a bevy of like-minded co-conspirators and access to relevant material, and that can happen anywhere.

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How NOT to have a useful dialogue on counter-terrorism

Having polar opposite views or smaller disagreements on any subject matter, including terrorism, is acceptable: ad hominem slander is not.

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Who decides when someone becomes an ‘ex’ terrorist and why?

who should ultimately decide how much risk a given incarcerated terrorist poses to our society? I know where I’d put my money.

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National Security Priorities for the Canadian Government, from ISIS Fighters to Guns

Many pundits remarked that we saw neither hide nor hair of anything related to national security or foreign policy in the platforms of any of the main parties during the election campaign.

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Zoomer Radio – Vigil held for London terror attack victims

Libby Znaimer is joined by Phil Gurski and Mubin Shaikh, former undercover operative for CSIS and the RCMP to discuss the latest London Bridge attack.

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The Maxime Bernier shutout is a good sign

The recent Canadian federal election bucked Western trends by rejecting populism – and that is indeed a good thing!

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Today in Terrorism: December 2, 2015 – Attack in San Bernardino, California

We usually associate marriage with the phrase “till death do us part”: this couple took the words literally.

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Can we really predict who will become a terrorist? Nope!

Developing a model to foresee who eventually engages in terrorism would be great, save for the fact it is not possible.

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The greening of terrorism?

Why the sustained use of violence by environmental groups is just a matter of time.

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The Evan Solomon Show – California school shooting: Two teenage students killed in Santa Clarita

Phil Gurski discusses and analyses the recent Santa Clarita school shooting on The Evan Solomon Show.