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Perspectives

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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Canadian Intelligence Eh!

Threats have a nasty tendency not to go away

Do we threats ever really go away? If not, are we dealing with these in appropriate ways at the national security level?

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Quick Hits

Canadian government inattention to intelligence dates back to the Gouzenko affair

Why is it that a series of Canadian governments is incapable to take what their intelligence agencies tell them about national security threats?

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Perspectives

Has Israel joined the ‘terrorist state’ list?

If Israel can have a terrorist as its national security minister does this make it a ‘terrorist state’? Hmmm, an interesting question.

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Canadian Intelligence Eh!

CIE – Just how bad is the ‘violent incel’ threat?

Is the threat to national security and public safety from violent incels as serious as some say? A conversation with Canadian journalist MJ Banias

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Canadian Intelligence Eh!

Why is morale at Canada’s spy service in the dumps? A conversation with Andrew Kirsch

When a nation’s spy agency has a morale problem it can have widespread effects on national security: a conversation with a former Canadian intel officer.

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Quick Hits

Now there’s a person on a mission

Quick Hits 185 – An interview with Christine Veer, entrepreneur & investigator about making a difference in the world of national security, especially counter-terrorism.

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Perspectives

Are there limits to intelligence sharing in counter terrorism?

Sometimes the need to ensure public safety and national security require ‘taking the ugly date to the dance’.

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Are we REALLY seeing the end of global Islamist terrorism?

Reports that global Islamist terrorism is on the wane are inaccurate and dangerous: we have to keep our eye on this international security threat

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Why is Canada so obsessed with so little terrorism?

For a land which sees so little terrorism our media and ‘national security experts’ appear to think – and react – differently.