Season 3 Episode 7 – Canadian gaps on national security are spooktacular In a special (post) Hallowe’en edition of ‘Spooks Like Us’, your favourite ex-spies weigh in why the Brits are frightfully good at prosecuting sabotage, why Canada is horror-ible at removing threats to national security, and whether anyone can trust US intelligence under the […]
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Episode 270 – The melting of the icecap and mass migration may also impact national security in the West During the Cold War, Canada maintained radar stations in its north to warn against Soviet ballistic missiles coming over the pole, in an arrangement with the US called the DEW Line (distant early warning). Now with […]
This piece first appeared in The Epoch Times Canada on June 12, 2025. As a nation of immigrants, Canada has served as a refuge for all kinds of people who came here for all kinds of reasons. Some simply wanted a better life for themselves and their families. Some were fleeing war or conflict zones. […]
Episode 277 – Forty years after the Air India attack and a few years after an Indian killing of a Sikh extremist on Canadian soil Everyone remembers 9/11. That single event has become a ‘where were you when’ moment in human history. Few know, however, that prior to that cataclysmic attack, a bomb on an […]
Episode 265 – Look out Russia, the US is disinforming its own people! Disinformation is a growing scourge around the world as states and sub-state actors try to get people to believe in certain things. Much coverage has been devoted to what Russia and others are doing to mislead citizens to further the former’s interests. […]
This piece first appeared in The Epoch Times Canada on April 4, 2025. It is sometimes hard to figure out just what it takes for people to realize a crisis is growing in strength. Like the frog who sits in the pot while the water slowly rises in temperature only to take note after it […]
Season 2 Episode 33 Back in the saddle after a short last week, the guys delve into the undermining of the US intelligence community by the Trump administration, the dangers of accepting airplanes as ‘gifts’ and why Latvia is helping its citizens identify Russian spies. And lots of golden references…. Former FBI Director James Comey […]
This piece first appeared in The Epoch Times Canada on March 15, 2025. Ah, the internet and social media! Thanks to one of the greatest developments in communications history, we have at our disposal a series of tools that should, in theory at least, have led to the promotion and sharing of a near-infinite treasure […]
Episode 262 – How the average Canadian can become educated about efforts to undermine our democracy We are drowning in information at a rate unprecedented in human history. That is a good thing, to an extent. Unfortunately, we are also inundated with mis- and disinformation, including efforts by outside powers to influence populations. This nefarious […]
Season 2 Episode 26 The guys have yet another Q&A episode talking about economic security, whether President Trump is a Russian asset or agent, and learn that ‘Larry from the US’ listens to us!