Canadian Intelligence Eh
Everywhere you look these days terrorism and violent extremism dominate the headlines. Whether you follow what is happening in Afghanistan or Iraq, or in the West writ large, we are inundated with news of attacks by groups and individuals fighting for a 'cause'.In a world of multiple voices and opinions it can be very hard to know where to turn. One choice is to look to those who actually worked in counterterrorism in the national security world. In these half-hour podcasts 30-year Canadian intelligence veteran Phil Gurski is joined by a fascinating array of individuals with something meaningful to say about these issues as they provide insight into what they mean and what we need to do about them.
Canadian Intelligence Eh
Canadian Intelligence Eh! - Episode 150: How far should the use of human sources go to collect intelligence?
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Phil Gurski
The world of counter terrorism is a dirty business. Intelligence services and law enforcement need to infiltrate terrorist cells to see what they are planning and part of those efforts involve the recruitment and running of human sources/agents. What are these sources able to do to help the good guys defeat the bad guys? In the wake of allegations that Canada's spy agency CSIS used a human source to 'traffick' UK 'schoolgirls' into ISIS from Turkey a much needed overview of how human sources are deployed should help shed some light on this practice. Borealis has an in-depth conversation with Al Treddenick, former CSIS officer, and Mubin Shaikh, former CSIS human source.