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The San Diego Mosque Attack - A Deep Dive
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🇺🇸🕌 The San Diego Mosque Attack | Global Intelligence Weekly Wrap-Up
This week on Global Intelligence Weekly Wrap-Up, Neil Bisson — retired CSIS Intelligence Officer and Director of the Global Intelligence Knowledge Network — examines a series of stories highlighting how modern national security threats are becoming increasingly interconnected across espionage, online radicalization, foreign interference, and domestic violent extremism.
From alleged Chinese espionage targeting advanced research and AI technologies in Germany, to the deadly attack at the Islamic Center of San Diego, to Canada’s growing debate over lawful access legislation and encrypted communications — this episode explores how modern security threats are evolving in the digital era.
🌍 This week’s key questions:
🇨🇳 Chinese Espionage & Academic Infiltration
👉 How are foreign intelligence services using universities, research partnerships, and commercial relationships to collect sensitive technologies?
🧠 AI, Aerospace & Strategic Technology Theft
👉 Why are artificial intelligence, aerospace, and advanced research sectors becoming major espionage battlegrounds?
🕌 The San Diego Mosque Attack
👉 What does the deadly attack at the Islamic Center of San Diego reveal about the ongoing threat of anti-Muslim violent extremism?
📱 Online Radicalization & Youth Extremism
👉 How are extremist ecosystems online radicalizing younger individuals through social media, gaming platforms, and encrypted applications?
🌐 Decentralized Violent Extremism
👉 Why are intelligence agencies increasingly concerned about self-radicalized attackers inspired by online extremist communities rather than formal terrorist groups?
🔐 Canada’s Lawful Access Debate
👉 Should governments expand lawful access powers to encrypted communications — or do those powers risk weakening privacy and cybersecurity for everyone?
🧠 In this episode, Neil examines how modern espionage, online extremism, technological competition, and digital surveillance debates are reshaping the national security landscape across Canada and the West.
⏱️ CHAPTERS
00:00 – Introduction
01:36 – Welcome & Episode Overview
03:00 – Germany Arrests Couple Accused of Spying for China
14:00 – Deep Dive: The San Diego Mosque Attack
20:30 – Online Radicalization & Youth Extremism
27:00 – Attacks Against Mosques & Faith Communities
32:00 – Canada’s Lawful Access Debate & Encryption Concerns
34:10 – Final Thoughts & Charles Burton Speaker Series
36:30 – Outro
🎟️ Pillar Society Speaker’s Series – Charles Burton
“The Beaver and the Dragon”
https://pillarsociety.com/event-6532136
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