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So, who ‘dropped the ball’ on the terrorist attack in Norway?

Security intelligence services investigate thousands of people to a variety of levels: can we then blame them when things go awry and attacks occur?

Buzzsprout Episode 195 Did Norway’s security service drop the ball in the latest Oslo attack? Not necessarily

As we learn a little bit more about a shooting outside a bar in the Norwegian capital, Oslo, on June 25 we now know that the suspect, a man of Iranian Kurdish origin and believed to be an Islamist extremist, was on the radar of the Norwegian Police Intelligence Service (PST) as far back as 2015. If this is the case, why was he not monitored and prevented from shooting dozens of people, killing two? Borealis weighs in with what security intelligence services do with the information they collect with special emphasis on mental health cases.

About the host Phil Gurski

Phil Gurski is the President and CEO of Borealis Threat and Risk Consulting Ltd. He worked as a senior strategic analyst at CSIS (Canadian Security Intelligence Service) from 2001-2015, specializing in violent Islamist-inspired homegrown terrorism and radicalisation.

By Phil Gurski

Phil Gurski is the President and CEO of Borealis Threat and Risk Consulting Ltd. Phil is a 32-year veteran of CSE and CSIS and the author of six books on terrorism.

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