Dan Stanton
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Director, National Security, uOttawa PDI.
Ottawa, Ontario
Joined January 2022
#CambridgeSecurityInitiative - ISI Pro 2025. I am most fortunate to experience this two-week program at Cambridge University's Emmanuel College. Sir Richard Dearlove, Chief of the Secret Intelligence Service 1999 - 2004, spoke to us about the global security threat environment.
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« Iranian ambassador expelled over ‘credible intelligence’ Iran directed antisemitic attacks on Australian soil. Australia’s spy agency finds Iran behind incidents including arson attack on Adass Israel Synagogue in Melbourne. ».
theguardian.com
Australia’s spy agency finds Iran behind incidents including arson attack on Adass Israel Synagogue in Melbourne
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How China Influences Elections in America’s Biggest City. « China’s influence machine has harassed exiles in #France bribed academics in #Britain and targeted politicians in #Canada. ».
nytimes.com
The Chinese consulate in Manhattan has mobilized community groups to defeat candidates who don’t fall in line with the authoritarian state.
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RT @StewGlobal: 1. Two years ago, @globalnews asked Global Affairs Canada a simple accountability question: How much did it spend bringing….
globalnews.ca
Global Affairs Canada went well over budget helping ISIS women return home from Syria with their kids.
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FILMMAKER FLIPS DEVELOPMENT SCRIPT TO PITCH NEW DOCUSERIES REVEALING THE HIDDEN WORLD OF CANADIAN INTELLIGENCE
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CSIS warns threats from Iran in Canada could increase this year, and it is using criminals to target critics.
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« Documents speak of him having a global footprint, including a six-month visa for Switzerland, real estate deals in Dubai, travels through Asia and Europe, and trips to Los Angeles and New York. »
nationalpost.com
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«It is easy to foresee how firing intelligence officials for making evidence-based assessments could drive those still serving to engage in self-censorship and groupthink - key ingredients in intelligence failure that are prevalent in autocratic systems.»
foreignaffairs.com
Politicizing the system makes dangerous failures more likely.
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China ‘planned car collision’ during Taiwan vice-president’s visit to Prague . #MSS #CzechIntelligence
theguardian.com
Czech intelligence revealed Chinese diplomats allegedly planned staged incident during Hsiao Bi-khim’s 2024 visit
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RT @StewGlobal: Newly released court documents detail how a senior Indian intelligence officer allegedly recruited a businessman to assassi….
globalnews.ca
Dozens of newly-released court documents shed light on an alleged plot to kill a Canadian active in the Khalistan movement.
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« We need to know some practical things about what is left in Iran’s knowledge and capacity to build a bomb. You can’t bomb away knowledge. ».
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"That PM Carney has chosen to go the appeasement route is disappointing … it’s also wildly inconsistent … After all, what’s the point of Canadians needing to keep our elbows up if we’re so willing and ready to stand down when it matters most?".
thestar.com
Mark Carney was supposed to be "elbows up" for Canada. His invitation of Modi is anything but.
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“Canadian intelligence agency: India is a perpetrator of foreign interference”
ctvnews.ca
A new report from Canada’s spy agency calls India one of the “main perpetrators” of foreign interference and espionage, as Canada and India moved to strengthen ties at this week’s G7 meeting.
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RT @StewGlobal: Foreign regimes are 'leveraging organized crime networks' to target opponents in Canada, CSIS says.
globalnews.ca
Foreign regimes are hiring underworld syndicates to carry out transnational repression, Canada's intelligence service said in its annual report to Parliament.
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RT @RobertFife: India remains persistent foreign interference threat to Canada, CSIS says - The Globe and Mail #cdnpoli #india
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Leaders of both countries announced Tuesday they would restore regular diplomatic services to citizens
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A new ‘C’ An excellent choice.
thetimes.com
The veteran intelligence officer will succeed Sir Richard Moore in the autumn
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“The safety of Canadians on Canadian soil is not negotiable. Nor is their right to speak freely, live without fear, and trust their government to uphold the rule of law. These are the promises of a democracy.”
policymagazine.ca
I was driving through Surrey, British Columbia, on my way to a school outreach when I heard it on the radio: Prime Minister Mark Carney had invited Prime
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RT @MercedesGlobal: Exclusive: Indian agent had Jagmeet Singh under close surveillance | a….
globalnews.ca
The incident, detected in late 2023, prompted police to place tight security around the NDP leader.
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“Carney should know it’s way too soon to invite Modi to Canada”.
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