QH #144 | Why do we have intelligence if it is not acted on? - podcast episode cover

QH #144 | Why do we have intelligence if it is not acted on?

Feb 26, 202111 min
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Episode description

We hear all the time about 'intelligence failures', the most recent being the attack on the US Capitol in January.  But it turns out there was advanced warning about the possibility, if not probability, of violence.  Borealis looks at how such failures are anything but.

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About the host Phil Gurski:

Phil is the President and CEO of Borealis Threat and Risk Consulting Ltd. and Programme Director for the Security, Economics and Technology (SET) hub at the University of Ottawa’s Professional Development Institute (PDI). He worked as a senior strategic analyst at CSIS (Canadian Security Intelligence Service) from 2001-2015, specializing in violent Islamist-inspired homegrown terrorism and radicalisation.

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