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Public Safety committee Thank you very much, Chair, for inviting me today, as you said, on rather short notice. I found out about this a little before noon today, but I'm absolutely humbled to be asked to appear today. I had the opportunity to listen to the previous witnesses give their testimony, and I
May 31st, 2021Committee meeting
Phil Gurski
Public Safety committee I just hope that the nation has the resources necessary to deal with it. Thank you.
May 31st, 2021Committee meeting
Phil Gurski
Public Safety committee Thank you, madam.
May 31st, 2021Committee meeting
Phil Gurski
Public Safety committee It's an excellent question, and I'm glad you asked it. As somebody who worked in counterterrorism for as long as I did, I ask myself that a lot of times too. We at CSIS were driven by the Criminal Code, and in section 83.01 of the Criminal Code, it defines an act of terrorism as
May 31st, 2021Committee meeting
Phil Gurski
Public Safety committee Most people will see violent extremism and terrorism as synonymous. I tend to lean in that direction and, to be perfectly honest, Mr. Kurek, I don't have the time to split hairs on whether there's a different between the two. They are virtually synonymous.
May 31st, 2021Committee meeting
Phil Gurski
Public Safety committee That's a great question, Mr. Harris. I would simply say that we at CSIS have the legislative authority to investigate threats to national security based on what's called section 2 of the CSIS Act, and you kind of just go with your gut in many ways. I will say that we came acros
May 31st, 2021Committee meeting
Phil Gurski
Public Safety committee Thank you, Mrs. Stubbs. You know, it really sounds simple, folks, but you go where the information leads you. I think the problem is that, if you go in with preconceived notions, you start making errors. I wrote about this a lot in my very first book, The Threat From Within. If
May 31st, 2021Committee meeting
Phil Gurski