Former extremist turned CSIS operative says Canadian authorities need more power to spy

Thu, Aug 11: When 9/11 happened, he celebrated initially, but by the end of that day had a “full cognitive shift.” Toronto-born Mubin Shaikh calls himself “an extremist turned CSIS/RCMP operative” and was the informant who foiled the Toronto 18 terrorism plot. He tells Farah Nasser recent events in Ontario are further proof that we are giving would-be terrorists the benefit of the doubt too often.