Season 3 Episode 18 – Help, I’m being repressed! This week the boys weigh in on a new report on transnational repression (TNR) in Canada, co-authored by one of us (hint: not Neil and not Al), why it is so hard to use intelligence in court cases, and ask whether the Hells Angels owned a […]
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Season 3 Episode 17 – Extracurricular activities with a side of explosives In yet another chat in a virtual bar, the boys look into why a couple of Western University students were arrested on possible national security charges, why Canadians make great targets for Cuban spies, and why hiding behind a snowman is a great […]
Episode 313 – Why can we not define hate speech more succinctly? As Taylor Swift – and no I am NOT a ‘Swiftie’ – once sang “Haters gotta hate”. Hate crimes certainly appear to be on the rise in many parts of the Western world and has a lot of people worried. Unfortunately, the definition […]
Season 3 Episode 16 – Will the ‘Boeggy’ man scare off foreign spies? The boys in the virtual bar celebrate Friday with a variety of real beers and have reason to cheer! Canada’s Public Safety Minister Gary “the recuser” Anandasangaree finally announces a head of the soon-to-be-created Foreign Influence Transparency Registry! It may have been […]
Spies Like Us Season 3 Episode 15 – What was it like to be a spy? After a short hiatus, the boys are back…and they have a guest! Andrew Kirsch is a former CSIS intelligence officer, an author and willing to talk to us! This is so cool, more people to listen to! Kirsch Group […]
Episode 311 – What should the world worry about in the new year when it comes to conflict? That conflict is part of the human condition goes without saying. What is challenging is determining what kinds of information to rely on when thinking about ongoing conflicts. After all, there is a lot of disinformation and […]
Episode 309 – If you are going to kill terrorists, send in the best Fighting terrorism is complicated. My background is in security intelligence and I know a lot about what goes into a terrorism investigation. When it comes to the military, things are different. On occasions, soldiers need to use lethal force to kill […]
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Whither Iran?
Episode 309 – Is this the end of the ayatollahs? It is hard not to be riveted to our screens with what is transpiring in Iran right now. Near a half century of rule by Shia fundamentalists appears, at least to some, to on the brink of collapse as mass demonstrations have led to hundreds […]
Episode 308 – Do words make worlds? Not surprisingly, terrorism is a very emotive term. When acts take place, the media will often use words and language that vary widely in scope. Some say that we should eschew some vocabulary that may or not be inaccurate, or lead to bias. How do we manage this […]
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Operation Venezuela Vendetta
Mission Possible Episode 2 Good morning subscriber. Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to analyze the US seizure of Venezuelan President Maduro from both a legal and moral perspective within the intelligence, law enforcement and military worlds. The code name for this mission is Operation Venezuela Vendetta and is classified Top Secret […]