November 17, 2015 – Anna Mehler Paperny, Global News
How do you destroy a hated group that thrives on hatred, or declare war without playing into your enemy’s clash-of-civilizations recruitment strategy?
Everyone wants to beat ISIS. Nobody knows how
Counter-terror
Trudeau wins; here’s what he promised and what he’ll face as prime minister
October 19, 2015 – Anna Mehler Paperny, Global News
The polls hadn’t even closed across Canada when news organizations called a Liberal government – and, within an hour, a Liberal majority.
Terror documents so secret, feds can’t tell you why they’re secret
October 16, 2015 – Anna Mehler Paperny, Global News
Thousands of pages of correspondence and briefing notes on the federal government’s anti-terror Bill C-51 are so secret the government won’t disclose its reasons for censoring them.
On terror rhetoric, Public Safety Minister ignores RCMP and his own advisors
July 29, 2015 – Anna Mehler Paperny, Global News
Public Safety Minister Steven Blaney’s office ignored edits that would have toned down a counter-terror statement issued in January, according to a document obtained by Global News.
Judge orders second psych assessment for Chiheb Esseghaier, defendant in Via terror trial
July 22, 2015 – Anna Mehler Paperny, Global News
Judge Michael Code has requested a second psychiatric assessment for Chiheb Esseghaier after saying he has little faith in an assessment last week that found the Via terror case defendant “actively psychotic,” paranoid, delusional and likely schizophrenic.
Psychiatrist’s explosive testimony could derail Via terror trial
July 21, 2015 – Anna Mehler Paperny, Global News
A man accused of conspiring to commit an act of terror may be found unfit to stand trial after being found guilty, calling into question whether he was capable of committing the offense in the first place.
Are you already violating feds’ new anti-terror bill?
January 30, 2015 – Anna Mehler Paperny, Global News
Prime Minister Stephen Harper unveiled his government’s new counter-terror bill with dire warnings about the threats facing Canada from radical, freedom-hating groups on the other side of the world.
“A great evil has been descending on our world,” he said in Richmond Hill on Friday.
What to watch for in feds’ new counter-terror law
January 29, 2015 – Anna Mehler Paperny, Global News
The federal government’s proposed terror law, set to be unveiled Friday morning, could constitute minor tweaks to powers police never use anyway; or it could vastly expand law enforcement’s power to detain Canadians without charge and clamp down on freedom of speech in the name of fighting acts of terror we have no evidence a clampdown would prevent.
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