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Quick Hits #179 - Joining a listed terrorist entity  is illegal.  And yet hundreds of Canadians have done so and some are now home... but have not been charged.  What should we do with these cases?   See also: ►Canadian woman freed from ISIS detention camp reunites with daughter in Canada ►Second Chance: Jailed Kazakh Islamic State Widow 'Optimistic' About Future ►Listed Terrorist Entities About the host Phil Gurski: Phil is the President and CEO of Borealis Threat and Risk Consulting Ltd. and Programme Director for the Security, Economics and Technology (SET) hub at the University of Ottawa’s Professional Development Institute (PDI). He worked as a senior strategic analyst at CSIS (Canadian Security Intelligence Service) from 2001-2015, specializing in violent Islamist-inspired homegrown terrorism and radicalisation. ►Check Phil's latest book ''The Peaceable Kingdom'' - https://borealisthreatandrisk.com/the-peaceable-kingdom/ ►Website - https://borealisthreatandrisk.com/ ►Twitter - https://twitter.com/borealissaves ►LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/phil-gurski-8942468/ ►Email - [email protected]
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