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Canadian Intelligence Eh!

Is coastal West Africa facing an increased jihadi threat?

Why are coastal West African nations facing a growing jihadi threat and how serious could this become?

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Spying is not for amateurs

A decision to collect intelligence from human sources abroad on security matters needs to be carefully thought out and not done flippantly

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Perspectives

We Shouldn’t Be Seeing Celebratory Scenes in Toronto Supporting the Terrorist Attacks in Israel

Supporting Palestine is one thing, supporting a terrorist group like Hamas is quite another…and unacceptable

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Hamas Attack on Israel: Where Did the Intelligence Fail?

Intelligence agencies are expected to never make mistakes: why is this the only profession subject to such an impossible standard?

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Did India send a hit squad to kill an alleged Sikh terrorist in Canada?

Nations cannot be permitted to send ‘hit squads’ to other nations to kill dissidents: is India part of this club?

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When it comes to the Trudeaus and intelligence activities, like father do unlike son

Trudeau the father and Trudeau the son could not have been more different when it comes to dealing with national security threats to Canada

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Is it really possible to ‘defeat’ a terrorist group?

We should be very cautious in accepting claims that terrorist groups have been defeated: they have a tendency to last a long time

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Yes there is something called left-wing terrorism – get it right!

Left-wing terrorism is on the rise in many countries but no one seems to want to talk about it – why not?

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Canadian Intelligence Eh!

When it comes to counter-terrorism be careful whom you deal with

Several nations, especially in Africa, have engaged the Russia-based Wagner Group to do counter-terrorism ops. A good idea?

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Is it ever ok to make fun of terrorism?

Is laughing at terrorists an insult to the victims or is it a good strategy to pursue and acceptable?