Other Western Countries Think Terrorist Attacks Are More Likely, So Why Doesn’t Canada?

Commentary In the intelligence and law enforcement world we have what is called a “duty to warn.” This means that if we come across reliable information (sometimes, intelligence) that someone—or several someones—is in danger we have an obligation to tell them. Even if this sometimes risks exposing sensitive data it is all in all a good idea, I would submit. When it comes more specifically to terrorism, there are tools called “national threat levels.” These are usually set by intelligence agencies and are based on those organizations’ assessment of just how high the likelihood of an attack is at any given time. Again, this judgment call is derived from investigations using human and signals intelligence (HUMINT and SIGINT respectively)....