Police in Denmark on Wednesday arrested up to 20 people in a major anti-terror operation at several locations in the country. Phil Gurski discusses this recent incident.
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OK, OK, I am a little sensitive when it comes to articles on CSIS. I did work there for 15 years after all and was (and still am) very proud of what I and my colleagues did to help keep Canadians safe. No, we were not perfect but I think we did our best. So […]
Don’t let perfect be the enemy of the very good when it comes to Canadian counter terrorism.
Those of us in the intelligence community would often wonder what it would be like to have an NDP government calling the shots. Generally speaking, we did not see it is a good thing for Canada’s spies. Whether it was uncertainty over the need to have intelligence services at all or some misplaced sense that […]
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The reach of Islamic State
I have gone on record several times to state that Islamic State (IS) does not pose an existential threat to anybody. It can certainly cause havoc and mayhem and destruction but there is no way that this motley crew of extremists is ever going to threaten the world. Yes, it has a state – sort […]