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Have you ever witness an act of terrorism? | QUICK HITS 21

How close have you been to a terrorist attack? Not too close I hope. In this Quick Hits podcast, Phil Gurski looks at what it means to be witness to one of these events.

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Phil in the media

Zoomer Radio – Phil Gurski and Ted Mallet discuss the ongoing rail blockade

Near hours after police moved in to inforce an injonction and remove a rail blockade near Belleville, other poped up affecting trains and services.

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QUICK HITS 20 – No, Canada is not broken!

A recent poll shows majority of Canadians think this country is broken. Is it? Retired intelligence analyst Phil Gurski looks at our history of political violence to see if that is true.

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When will Canada stand up to states that engage in terrorism against their own citizens?

Uyghur Canadians are harassed by Chinese agents here and abroad to keep quiet about the abuses or their families back home will suffer. Our response? I am still waiting.

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Canadian Intelligence Eh! Podcast

Podcast 31 – Interview with former security intelligence and counter terrorism operative Mubin Shaikh

In 2016, 17 Muslim Canadians had been arrested in a terrorism plot due to a human source/agent named Mubin Shaikh. He joins Phil Gurski to talk about his role and related matters on this podcast.

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QUICK HITS 19 – When is it right to press terrorism charges?

A case in Toronto where a man allegedly killed a woman with a hammer is taking an interesting twist as his murder charges have been upped to terrorism?

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QUICK HITS 18 – No, not everything is terrorist in nature

We use the word terrorism frivolously to describe all kinds of people and groups. In this podcast, Phil Gurski explores why we really need to stop doing that.

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The gnawing question of when to release terrorists from custody

There is no such thing as zero-risk: we need to have systems in place to measure danger as best we can.

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Germany shisha lounge shootings: What can we learn from terrorist ‘manifestos’?

Motive can be difficult to discern in acts that seem ‘terrorist’ in nature: can we trust what the terrorists themselves tell us?