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
Episode 251 - What good is intelligence if it is not passed on to decision makers?
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Phil Gurski
Those who work in intelligence have a tough job. Whether it is HUMINT, SIGINT, IMINT or any other 'INT', the data is vast and must be collected, processed, tested for accuracy, corroborated, analysed and put into short product so that busy decision makers can use it. Getting it to those decision makers is often the hard part, if for no other reason than they have many other things on their plate. What if, however, there are those who do not like intelligence and act as blocks to its distribution? Borealis talks to a veteran Canadian intelligence customer relations officer about these issues.