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New Zealand's Security Risks
Season 2 Episode 42
Description:
🌍 Welcome to this week’s Global Intelligence Weekly Wrap-Up — your trusted source for analysis on espionage, sabotage, terrorism, and foreign interference.
Neil Bisson, Director of the Global Intelligence Knowledge Network and retired CSIS intelligence officer, brings over 25 years of frontline intelligence and law enforcement experience to break down the week’s biggest national security threats.
This episode covers:
🇨🇳 New Zealand naming China as its most active security threat — is Beijing using cyber espionage and foreign interference to destabilize democratic nations, and what does this mean for Five Eyes allies?
🕵️ New Zealand’s first espionage conviction against a serving soldier — how dangerous are insider threats, and what lessons should Canada’s military take from this?
📱 The UK’s climbdown on Apple user data access — should governments have the power to break encryption for national security, or does this undermine global privacy and cybersecurity?
🇺🇸 Tulsi Gabbard’s unprecedented revocation of 37 U.S. intelligence security clearances — is this about restoring trust in intelligence, or political retaliation that could weaken national security partnerships?
🍁 Canada’s plan for a foreign interference watchdog — will a transparency commissioner and foreign agent registry finally give Canada the tools to fight election meddling and transnational repression?
⚠️ A Montreal minor charged with terrorism offences — why are extremist groups able to radicalize Canadian youth online, and what more can intelligence agencies do to stop jihadist recruitment?
💣 Russia’s growing sabotage operations across Europe — from cyberattacks to undersea cable mapping, is Moscow preparing for a long-term confrontation with NATO, and could Canada be the next target of hybrid warfare?
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Chapters:
00:00 – Introduction
01:23 – New Zealand calls China its most active security threat
04:35 – Soldier convicted in New Zealand’s first espionage case
08:10 – UK backs down on Apple data access demand
11:15 – Tulsi Gabbard revokes 37 security clearances
14:50 – Canada to appoint first foreign interference watchdog
17:45 – Montreal minor charged with terrorism offences
20:25 – Russia escalates sabotage campaign in Europe
22:33 – Outro
🔥 This week’s episode is packed with the keywords every intelligence and national security professional should be tracking: espionage, cyber sabotage, terrorism, foreign interference, encryption, hybrid warfare, and insider threats.
#NationalSecurity #Espionage #CyberSecurity #ForeignInterference #CounterTerrorism #OpenSourceIntelligence #HybridWarfare
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