Richard Fadden. Photograph by: Chris Mikula, The Ottawa CitizenFrom The Ottawa Citizen:
New director takes aim at critics in first public speech.
OTTAWA — Despite a history of domestic terrorism, from Air India to the Toronto 18, Canada has a “serious blind spot” acknowledging that violent extremism imperils our national security, says the new head of the Canadian Security Intelligence Service.
In his first public speech since becoming Canada’s spy master this summer, Richard B. Fadden wasted no time Thursday railing against those he believes ignore, minimize and even applaud terrorism and the people caught up in it, while portraying government efforts to combat extremism as assaults on liberty.
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My Comment: I live in Canada, and what the new CSIS Director is saying hits all the right points. I am sure that he is already ruffling a few feathers .... but these are things that have to be said.
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