National Counterterrorism Center Director Joseph Maguire, a retired U.S. Navy SEAL vice-admiral, has been named by President Donald Trump as acting Director of National Intelligence. The current DNI, Dan Coats, is stepping down Aug. 15, as is Principal Deputy Director Sue Gordon. [node:read-more:link]
U.S. President Donald Trump says there is a "very strong" political appetite in Congress for bipartisan legislation to require background checks or other restrictions on firearms ownership. for gun users. Leaving Washington to visit Texas and Ohio, where weekend shootings left 31 victims dead and dozens injured, he says he has had “plenty of talks” which suggest growing support among legislators. [node:read-more:link]
Visits or calls from the Canadian Security and Intelligence Service or law enforement agencies, often to Muslim students, are said to be increasingly common at universities across the country. A University of Toronto law professor and a criminal lawyer said it's an issue few students apparently are willing to discuss because of the stigma. [node:read-more:link]
Critical Infrastructure [node:read-more:link]
Canada is a major supporter of international policing efforts. [node:read-more:link]
Ports around the world have, occasionally, employed outside policing services for law enforcement and intelligence gathering to protect an industry that can well afford to pay full costs of these services. Such alternate initiatives have mostly failed. [node:read-more:link]
Actions north of the 49th Parallel impact security to the south. [node:read-more:link]
Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland finally managed to meet with her Chinese counterpart, Wang Yi, to discuss tensions following Canada’s arrest of a Huawei executive on a U.S. warrant last December and China’s subsequent detention of two Canadians. They met Aug. 2 on the sidelines of the Association of South East Asian Nations summit in Bangkok. [node:read-more:link]
Recent events in Pakistan demonstrate that Al Qaeda is rebuilding its core capabilities. [node:read-more:link]
Debate over access to encrypted cell phone messages raises fundamental security and privacy issues. Why is this not a bigger issue in Canada? For one thing, it’s a political loser. [node:read-more:link]
If Canada is successful in working with the new Trump administration to achieve mutual security objectives, that could well have positive influence on how economic issues unfold, including cross-border trade. [node:read-more:link]
The recent Paris attacks reminds the world once again of the very real and evolving threat of militant extremism both at home and abroad. [node:read-more:link]
A new report details how Western governments are being duped into funding terrorism by a world-wide charity called Islamic Relief. [node:read-more:link]
Communications Security Establishment Chief, Greta Bossenmaier, testifies before the House of Commons Standing Committee on National Defence. [node:read-more:link]
According to David McGuinty, the National Security and Intelligence Committee of Parliamentarians’ 2019 activities will assess enforcement and admin of immigration and customs laws and privacy issues. [node:read-more:link]
