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Intelligence watchdog calls for more CSIS resources to tackle mental health links to terrorism
The Security Intelligence Review Committee says CSIS needs to expand the resources available to keep up ‘mental health issues that arise in investigations.’ Continue reading
He plotted to bomb Times Square for ISIS. Records show he’s mentally ill. Is he a terrorist?
Abdulrahman El Bahnasawy faces a possible life sentence next week, but his mother insists his case is not what it seems. Continue reading
Hardening U.S. rhetoric on immigration could drive more migrants north: intelligence report
U.S. immigration policy has become what Canadian border officials are calling an X-Factor for migration to Canada. Continue reading
Intelligence report links growth of organized crime with end of Romanian visa requirement
The visa requirement had been an irritant for the government of Romania. Continue reading
Ontario PC candidate apologizes for Facebook posts praising terrorist group
An Ontario PC candidate has apologized for Facebook posts supporting the Tamil Tigers, a Sri Lankan armed group that is on Canada’s list of outlawed terrorist organizations. Continue reading
Targeted killings of Canadian ISIS members cloaked in secrecy, but officials discussed issue
Experts said Canadian law and the Charter of Rights and Freedoms were untested on the issue. Continue reading
Calls for independent review after report shows 3 Canadians targeted in Syria and Iraq
Human rights advocates were alarmed by the language used in a secret government document that exposed the legal justification for airstrikes killing Canadians in Iraq and Syria. Continue reading
EXCLUSIVE: Coalition forces in Syria, Iraq targeted three Canadians, secret document says
Three Canadians were deliberately targeted by the coalition conducting airstrikes against the so-called Islamic State, according to a secret government document on the military’s role in the killing of its own citizens. Continue reading
When he was 20, he fled Canada to join ISIS. Now he’s believed dead and his family says it didn’t see the signs
Researchers said parents they interviewed generally had little grasp of what was happening as their children were embracing extremist violence, and were “largely at a loss” about what to do. Continue reading
EXCLUSIVE: Canada’s plan for managing the return of ISIS fighters revealed in documents
Documents point to the hurdles police face in foreign fighter investigations, and the alternative approaches RCMP are trying because criminal charges are so challenging. Continue reading
Documents reveal internal debate over threat of Canadian right wing extremism
Hundreds of pages of documents obtained under the Access to Information Act show the backroom discussions that occurred over basic questions about Canada’s far right. Continue reading
What does it take to lay terrorism charges? An internal government document explains the RCMP view
An internal RCMP email obtained by Global News under the Access to Information Act describes the obstacles of laying terrorism charges. Continue reading
ISIS servers seized in Canada as countries launch coordinated takedown of propaganda network
The ISIS-branded al-Bayan radio and Nashir News were also targets. Continue reading
‘He wasn’t a terrorist’: Those who knew Alek Minassian struggle to explain the Toronto van attack
A former classmate of the suspect said he believed the attack that left 10 dead and 14 injured had more to do with mental health than terrorism. Continue reading
‘If you bothered him, he might hiss at you’: Former classmates recall Toronto van attack suspect
“He’d basically just purr and meow and act like a cat. I never heard him speak.” Continue reading
