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Shadow Warriors: Shedding light on private security contractors in Afghanistan
The contemporary security environment is more crowded than it has been in centuries, particularly in Afghanistan where national and international...
Assessing the information tsunami
Canada’s intelligence community has traditionally maintained a low profile in the government decision-making process. And, as professor Wesley Wark has...
Terrorism and the media: Countering one means collaborating with the other
The news media, by the tenets of their profession and the fundamental nature of their work, are drawn to terrorist...
Follow the money: Broader landscape means greater depth for financial intelligence
Like human intelligence and signals intelligence, financial intelligence can and does improve decision making in the public safety sphere. It...
Ways of the wiki
In 2006, the United States intelligence community adopted Intellipedia, a closed online system for collaborative information sharing among the 16...
Beyond borders: Intelligence advantage requires wider ranging partnerships
We live in a dynamic world in which the pace, scope, and complexity of change are increasing. Globalization – while...
False dichotomy: Democratic values or national security
In the past five years, there have been a number of occasions when we have all had to stop and...
Critical protection – Collection of suspicious incidents strengthens partnerships
Sometimes a missing security badge is just a missing security badge. But if badges belonging to five different employees vanish...
On the technological edge of perimeter security
On March 13, at London’s Heathrow Airport, a Sri Lankan national scales a 15-foot fence and dashes across the path...
The value of an integrated security platform
In an increasingly networked world, managing the movement and safety of individuals at national borders, public transportation centers, large-scale social...