Bill Robinson

It's the 80th anniversary of the UKUSA agreement today (media.defense.gov/2021/Jul/15/...). I doubt the Five Eyes members are in much mood to celebrate right now.

Blood in the water: Canadians implicated in Op. Southern Spear Exposing the flimsy legal shield protecting Canadians who are likely involved in the U.S. military’s Op. Southern Spear - and the hard questions Ottawa hasn’t answered.

Blood in the water: Canadians implicated in Op. Southern Spear
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Nardi on Natsec YouTube video by Secure Line

🚨🎙️A new Secure Line is out! @stephaniecarvin.bsky.social , @leahwest-nsl.bsky.social and I talk to @christopher.bsky.social about reporting on national security issues in Canada. It's a fun romp, so you'll definitely want to have a listen :)

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The FBI Is Using AI to Hack Targets AI is a “game changer” for what the FBI calls remote access operations, an FBI official said in response to a 404 Media question on Tuesday.

New from 404 Media: the FBI is using AI to hack targets. FBI official was talking about "remote access operations," FBI's term for hacking. FBI said it's a "game changer". The comments were unusually candid about FBI's very secretive hacking operations. www.404media.co/the-fbi-is-u...

Sounds like an updated version of the NITRO ZEUS plan from the Obama administration. www.buzzfeednews.com/article/jame...

You don't need to hack a device when you can get all you need from real-time data brokerages

The personal data surveillance economy has now become fully integrated into the operations of the police state

Only rigorous and independent oversight of both sectors can preserve rights & freedoms

Obscuring the Money Behind the Bombs: New Data on Terrorist Financial Tradecraft How terrorists are hiding the source, destination, and use of funds -- and what to do about it

🗞🚨Today's Insight Monitor is out! We're looking at how terrorists hide the source, destination, and use of funds. Have a read to learn about terrorist financing tradecraft, and how our tools need to adapt to counter it:

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Also, C-2 was only a "first attempt" in that bill's specific iteration of lawful access, but over the years, it has really been, what, 6th attempt maybe, or more? And rebuffed every time. There's a reason for the zombie metaphor as per @christopher-parsons.com:

@srdj.bsky.social Some budget and staff numbers for you.

CSE's Year of the Fire Hose: Canada's signals intelligence agency is deluged with cash
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To spy, or not to spy: Canadian government consideration of a foreign intelligence agency, 1945–2007 Unlike most of its key allies, the Canadian government has not created a foreign intelligence agency to spy abroad using human sources. Newly-available archival records for the first time furnish i...

To spy, or not to spy: Canadian government consideration of a foreign intelligence agency, 1945–2007
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Foreign influence commissioner could monitor an Alberta referendum on separation | CBC News Canada's new foreign influence watchdog says his mandate will include attempts by foreign agents to interfere at the provincial and municipal level across Canada, including any attempt on behalf of a ...

Canada's new foreign interference watchdog says his mandate could include monitoring any attempt by foreign interests to interfere in a possible Alberta referendum on separating from Canada. www.cbc.ca/news/politic...

A man is sitting on a bench on a wooden dock. He is wearing a Canadian Army uniform, including beret and dress shoes, but his deportment is casual: He is wearing sunglasses and smoking a pipe, his sleeves are rolled up, and his tie is loosened. Behind him are several small boats, one of which is under sail. What appears to be a capsized boat is in the water directly behind him.

Here he is somewhere in the Netherlands (near Nijmegen?) in the summer of 1945.

When my father served in the armed forces (1939-1945) the entire organization was antifa, and the conservatives of those days didn't have a problem with that.

Conservative MP searches for ‘antifa’ in federal government, Canadian Armed Forces - National | Globalnews.ca Federal departments and the Canadian Armed Forces must answer by April how many members of anti-fascist groups work for the public service and the military.

Conservative MP searches for ‘antifa’ in federal government, Canadian Armed Forces, @alexboutilier.bsky.social reports
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Find out more at nationalnewswatch.com

Today is going to be a very interesting sitting of the Senate. (I mean. It's always interesting. I promise. But today is going to be especially so.) #cdnpoli #SenateofCanada #Canada #SenCa

Meanwhile, review agency NSIRA is facing a 6% cut (www.canada.ca/en/treasury-...).

The FY 26-27 budget of Canada's SIGINT agency, the Communications Security Establishment (CSE), is projected to be $2 billion (www.canada.ca/en/treasury-...). CSE's budget first hit $1 billion just three years ago in FY 23-24. In FY 00-01 it was $129 M ($232 M in today's money).

One of the shoes I’ve been waiting to drop is that Trump has weaponized every other part of the federal government, but we’ve as yet heard fairly little about abuse of the IC’s vast surveillance capabilities. I doubt this is because they’re too scrupulous to do that sort of thing.

The Ax:son Johnson Institute for Statecraft and Diplomacy’s #Intelligence and #Security Digital Seminar Series is in full swing! 💥

Our stellar lineup continues 10 March with Professor Richard J. Aldrich 🇬🇧 🇸🇪

For detals on our forthcoming speakers and to register:
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For the last two years I’ve been finding & sharing artworks relating to intelligence. Today I bring you “Budanov and the Magical Frog” (2024) by Ukrainian artist Yevgenia Gapchinska. It depicts Kyrylo Budanov then head of Ukrainian military intelligence #ArtofSpying #SlavaUkraini

On Feb. 23, at the direction of #SOUTHCOM commander Gen. Francis L. Donovan, Joint Task Force Southern Spear conducted a lethal kinetic strike on a vessel operated by Designated Terrorist Organizations. Intelligence confirmed the vessel was transiting along known narco-trafficking routes in the Caribbean and was engaged in narco-trafficking operations. Three male narco-terrorists were killed during this action. No U.S. military forces were harmed. @DeptofWar #OpSouthernSpear

More lawless slaughter at sea—this time three people reportedly killed in the Caribbean.

Don’t let the administration’s specious terrorism talk fool you.

The term for premeditated killing outside of armed conflict is murder.

Canadian Cyber News Rewire - 21/02/26 Wiring you into the cyber news relevant to Canada the week ending February 21

The latest Canadian Cyber in Context News Rewire is out, where I compile cyber news relevant to Canada.

www.cyberincontext.ca/p/canadian-c...

Grievance-Fuelled Violence and School Shootings: Understanding Tumbler Ridge with Emily Corner YouTube video by Secure Line

🚨🎙️This might be the most important episode of Secure Line we've ever done.

We speak to Dr. Emily Corner about grievance-fuelled violence, school shootings, and Tumbler Ridge.

Please listen, and share with friends and family.

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US military strike kills three in second alleged drug boat attack this week Move brings total number of people killed in US strikes on suspected boats since September to at least 148

Another 3 people murdered with the USA military.

This is mass, serial murder to make propagandistic snuff pron ; violation of international humanitarian law; & a crime against humanity b/c “legitimate command authorities” doing repeated murder of civilians w/USA state & military forces.

Federal minister outlines plan to make criminals' lives 'miserable' in crackdown on extortion crimes | CBC News The federal finance minister visited Mississauga, Ont., Thursday to announce dedicated financial intelligence experts who will focus on extortion crime targeting Canadian businesses and households.

Just so we're clear, the Minister is announcing here that FINTRAC will do its job. There are no new positions, funding, or resources for this work.

www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

'We were scared': Man recalls the night he nearly launched a nuclear missile In 1974, Lt. Colonel Randall Lanning manned the launch controls that could deploy nuclear weapons in the event of a Soviet attack. He looks back at one night that's still etched in his memory.

In a Story Corps segment broadcast on @npr.org’s Morning Edition earlier today, former USAF Lt. Col. Randall Lanning vividly recalled the time in 1974 his Launch Control Center unexpectedly received a valid Emergency Action Message to prepare to launch the 10 Minuteman II ICBMs under its control.

A war foretold: how the CIA and MI6 got hold of Putin’s Ukraine plans and why nobody believed them Drawing on more than 100 interviews with senior intelligence officials and other insiders in multiple countries, this exclusive account details how the US and Britain uncovered Vladimir Putin’s plans ...

I've been working on this for ages in various countries: the story of the intelligence buildup to Putin's 2022 invasion. How did the US and Britain find out so much, and why were Europe and Ukraine sceptical.

It's a long one:

www.theguardian.com/world/ng-int...

My forthcoming book with @srdj.bsky.social has a cover and will be out this winter with @mcgillqueensup.bsky.social

🚨🎙️Season 3 Episode 2 is out now! Secure Line talks state-sponsored assassinations and organized crime. Have a listen on YouTube, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts!

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