Politicians are very busy people. Not only are they responsible for the day-to-day operation of government, but they have ridings (constituencies) to care for. They cannot keep up with everything. Furthermore, few have any background in intelligence and thus may have no idea what to make of the information provided by the nation's 'spies'. That is where a national security advisor (NSA) comes in. Borealis talks with former Canadian NSA Daniel Jean about the challenges of the job.
Politicians are very busy people. Not only are they responsible for the day-to-day operation of government, but they have ridings (constituencies) to care for. They cannot keep up with everything. Furthermore, few have any background in intelligence and thus may have no idea what to make of the information provided by the nation's 'spies'. That is where a national security advisor (NSA) comes in. Borealis talks with former Canadian NSA Daniel Jean about the challenges of the job.