
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.
Podcasting since 2022 • 258 episodes
Canadian Intelligence Eh
Latest Episodes
Episode 279 - How serious is the jihadi threat in Mozambique?
Mozambique achieved independence in 1974 after a long civil war with its former Portuguese colonial power. Like most African nations, however, peace and stability are not that common in the post European power era. The southeastern countr...
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Quick Hits Episode 266 - Why did Canada's protectors not prevent a terrorist attack by Sikh extremists in June 1985?
For those of us who work(ed) in national security the job boils down to one thing and one thing only: stop bad things from happening. So what gives if we screw up and a bomb on an aircraft kills 329 innocent people? My personal reflection...
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Episode 278 - How bad is anti-Jewish violence going to get?
You would have to be asleep over the past year and a half to not notice a precipitous rise in anti-Semitic attacks in the West. Some of this is tied to the ongoing conflict in Gaza and the deaths of thousands of civilians and some is just...
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Episode 277 - Forty years after the Air India attack and a few years after an Indian killing of a Sikh extremist on Canadian soil
Everyone remembers 9/11. That single event has become a 'where were you when' moment in human history. Few know, however, that prior to that cataclysmic attack, a bomb on an Air India flight placed by Canadian Sikh extremists was the sing...
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Spies Like Us Season 2 Episode 38 - WWJD? Don't ask a Christian extremist!
This week the lads weigh in on the killing of two politicians in Minnesota, US Emperor Cheetoh's dismissal of his own nation's intelligence and what to do if a peeler dressed as a cop shows up at your bachelorette party (hint, hint, ask f...
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