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UK woman who joined ISIS in Syria is denied return home by High Court

Shamima Begum: Return to UK ‘a security risk’

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Canadian Intelligence Eh! Podcast

Tony McAleer: What is it like to be a former neo-Nazi?

Episode 83 – Borealis talks with Tony McAleer a former skinhead who is trying to help others not make the same mistake he did.

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Quick Hits 145 – Who says RWE is worse than ISIS?

Pushing back against the increased hyperbole over the terrorist reality.

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Perspectives

This week in terrorism: February 22-28, 2021

Listing all acts of terrorism that occurred in the world last week from the 22nd to the 28th of February 2021.

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Do we need intelligence to stop nuclear weapons proliferation?

If there is a threat that is truly ‘existential’ to life on Earth it has to be nuclear weapons proliferation. So, how do we stop it?

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Quick Hits 144 – Why do we have intelligence if it is not acted on?

Former CSIS analyst Phil Gurski looks at how intelligence failures are anything but.

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When CSIS talks, Canadians should listen

The heads of security intelligence agencies seldom open up: when they do it is a sign to pay attention.

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Canadian Intelligence Eh!

William C. Malone: What was it like to be a Canadian police officer in Afghanistan?

Episode 82 – The story of an RCMP officer who spent time in Afghanistan in 2011-12 and wrote a book about it.

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Quick Hits 143 – Is Canada’s terrorist listing process politically motivated?

New information has surfaced that pressure was brought to name the Proud Boys despite a lack of evidence.

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Quick Hits 142 – So now the Canadian government is telling us what it terrorism and what is not?

The debate over the events of Jan 6 in Washington continues. Was it terrorism? A riot? A coup?