Dan Stanton
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Director, National Security, uOttawa PDI.
Ottawa, Ontario
Joined January 2022
I am pleased to share the news of my book deal with University of Toronto Press (Aevo) #TNR #FI #Espionage #CSIS
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#GlobalNews has confirmed that Canadian officials relied on wiretaps and intercepted communications from British intelligence when Canada accused India's government of being connected to the murder of B.C. Sikh leader Hardeep Singh Nijjar.” https://t.co/zwSRPKGZzh
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Conversations intercepted by Canada & the U.K. implicate high-level Indian officials in the assassination of a B.C. Sikh leader.
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British intelligence provided Canada with initial tip tying India’s government to temple leader's 2023 killing.
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1. Bloomberg reports that communications intercepted by the UK implicate the Indian government in plots to assassinate Sikhs in Canada and elsewhere. https://t.co/tXDyvwaNUv
Through this report, Bloomberg has presented very deep and new information, which, with facts and evidence, shows the involvement of Indian hands in the assassination of Bhai Hardeep Singh Nijjar in Canada and the conspiracy to eliminate Gurpatwant Singh Pannun in the United
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Espionage, Foreign Influence, and the Insider Threat Phenomenon I'm thrilled to be speaking about the "Psychology of Betrayal" next Wednesday at #TorontoMetropolitanUniversity's International Issues Discussion (IID) Series Wednesday, November 12, 2025, 6:30 - 8:30 PM
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CIA chief quietly meets EU officials to soothe US intel-sharing fears. “Trump administration’s volatile foreign policy has shaken Europe’s confidence in Washington’s intelligence cooperation.” https://t.co/7FMSAYmpMU
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Trump administration’s volatile foreign policy has shaken Europe’s confidence in Washington’s intelligence cooperation.
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New York trial of accused Indian hit squad member delayed Nikhil (Nick) Gupta was due to take stand this week in murder-for-hire trial that implicates India
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The murder-for-hire trial of Nikhil (Nick) Gupta, accused of planning assassinations for the Indian government in New York, has been delayed. The trial, which was due to start on Monday in New York,...
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“Meet the KGB Spies Who Invented Fake News” “We reveal how one of the biggest fake news stories ever concocted — the 1984 #AIDS-is-a-biological-weapon #hoax — went viral in the pre-Internet era.” https://t.co/7Y8m84ETtt
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We reveal how one of the biggest fake news stories ever concocted — the 1984 AIDS-is-a-biological-weapon hoax — went viral in the pre-Internet era. Meet the KGB cons who invented it, and the “truth...
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Judge Sentences Men Who Tried to Kill Iranian Activist to 25 Years “Rafit Amirov and Polad Omarov were working for an Iranian general (IRGC) when they stalked #MasihAlinejad in Brooklyn. She has sought women’s rights in the theocracy for years. https://t.co/bBZQbUPJkt
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Prosecutors said that Rafit Amirov and Polad Omarov were working for an Iranian general when they stalked Masih Alinejad in Brooklyn. She has sought women’s rights in the theocracy for years.
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“The assassination target ‘betrayed’ by Carney’s India policy.” https://t.co/vUnWLv8A05
globalnews.ca
Warned by RCMP three times he was to be killed, Moninder Singh said Sikhs feel let down by Canada's decision to resume ties with India.
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India is not the strategic partner Canada thinks it is - The Hill Times
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Artificially compartmentalizing Canada's economic relationship with India, separate from the political relationship, is a fraught approach.
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“Even though the registry is technically country agnostic, let’s not kid ourselves: most of the calls for it were about China and India.” #ForeigninterferenceRegistry
https://t.co/XFQGZBQUTK
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The delay in naming a commissioner to lead the foreign interference registry is 'clearly linked' to the foreign minister's recent travel to India and China, suggests national security expert Dan...
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India never provided their own evidence amid concerns about Sikh separatists in Canada: Three former NSIAs https://t.co/iyVvkgHBLy
ctvnews.ca
A former CSIS director and national security adviser to two prime ministers says India never provided evidence to Canada when it would raise concerns about Sikh separatist activity on Canadian soil.
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“China takes a leaf out of the Russian playbook…” In espionage, it is known as “consultancy cover” - where the spy has the ability to claim that they are carrying out some sort of consultancy project when they are really finding out state secrets” https://t.co/bbJbl6cdM8
thetimes.com
Former British spies reveal how Beijing is getting bolder in its methods as the row over the Christopher Cash and Christopher Berry case continues
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Ashley J. Tellis, an Indian-born senior fellow and Tata Chair for Strategic Affairs at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace in Washington, D.C. as well as a former staffer on the White House National Security Council under President George W. Bush, has been arrested on
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Court filing in U.S. murder plot trial sheds new light on killing of B.C. Sikh activist. Prosecutors ask to enter evidence of India's role in death of Hardeep Singh Nijjar.
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U.S. prosecutors in Manhattan plan to introduce evidence in a trial that sheds new light on the 2023 killing of Hardeep Singh Nijjar in British Columbia — and the alleged role of the Indian governm...
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New bill protects Californians targeted by foreign nations | Sacramento Bee
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California could become the first state in the nation to create protections for people who are targeted by foreign nations.
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Canada lists India’s Bishnoi gang as terrorist entity /via @globeandmail
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Terrorist designation gives authorities more tools to stop gang members who extort, traffic drugs and commit violence and murder in Canada
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