35 years ago today, Air India flight 182 left the air traffic control radar off the coast of Ireland, killing all 329 people aboard.
Tag: CSIS
On this day in 1985, Sikh extremists perpetrated the single greatest terrorist act in history when they placed a bomb on an Air India flight, killing 329.
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CSIS and accusations of Islamophobia
Accusations that the Canadian Security Intelligence Service is Islamophobic do not take into account facts that Canadians have become jihadis.
Terrorism means many things to many people and we may be heading down an unhelpful pathway.
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Intelligence and the next pandemic
The advent of the COVID-19 pandemic has brought into the foreground the need to plan for the next one and the role of intelligence agencies.
The 2nd part of an interview with terrorism specialist Phil Gurski on religions that become hazardous. This episode discusses Judaism, Zionism, Anti-Semitism, Atheism, Marxism, the role of CSIS, etc.
We all know why CSIS is not an open book but when it does give us a peek behind the curtain we do learn a lot.
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A review of Caliphate – Episode 6
Fatima runs surveillance on Nadir to see if he can lead her to information that will confirm her suspicions. Fatima has arranged Pervin’s escape from Syria.
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Privacy and our spy agencies
Spies act in the shadows for obvious reasons: does this mean they are constrained by privacy issues?
Everyone is free to express their opinion on terrorism but only a former (or current) counter terrorism practitioner can weigh in on investigations.