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
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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.
Mentally ill, found guilty of terrorism: What happens to Chiheb Esseghaier?
Sept. 1, 2015 – Anna Mehler Paperny, Global News
A courtroom debate on the fate of a mentally ill man found guilty of terrorism was interrupted by saliva projectiles Wednesday.
‘C-51 is a tragedy’: New book slams Canada’s anti-terror law
Sept. 1, 2015 – Anna Mehler Paperny, Global News
Canada is “getting it wrong” in its war on terror, enacting laws that are both unconstitutional and fail to keep the country safer, an upcoming book charges.
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.
Halifax plot: So what is ‘terrorism,’ anyway?
Feb. 14, 2015 – Anna Mehler Paperny, Global News
Justice Minister Peter MacKay surprised many when he said the threat of a foiled attack that would have killed multiple people in Halifax was real, but it didn’t count as terrorism.
It wasn’t “culturally motivated,” he told reporters Saturday morning.
Could feds’ anti-terror rhetoric hurt counter-terror strategies?
Feb. 5, 2015 – Anna Mehler Paperny, Global News
People who try to prevent radicalization of youth in Muslim communities say rhetoric around the federal Conservatives’ new anti-terror bill, and the way the Prime Minister presented it, makes their job harder.
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.
