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President Borealis Threat and Risk Consulting, ex-analyst at CSIS/CSE, specialist in terrorism, intelligence practice, author of 6 books on terrorism

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Phil Gurski
10 days
The latest Borealis Quick Hits podcast is out! An alleged ISIS-inspired jihadi attack in Ireland speaks volumes about this threat to the West. Have a listen! #terrorism
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Phil Gurski
5 years
This is very scary: far right politicians in Austria have seized spy agency's files on investigations covering...far right extremism
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6 years
Belgian IS terrorist who appealed 10-year sentence gets 17 years instead. Ya gotta love when this happens!
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4 years
Exclusive - New Secrets Revealed about Bin Laden’s Years in Sudan
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Phil Gurski
5 months
Yazidi women recount ISIS captivity: They raped children as young as 4 - ISIS women often more brutal than the men. And some in the West want to repatriate ISIS females, calling them victims??? #terrorism
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Phil Gurski
11 months
Why does Canada maintain a listed terrorist entity programme, including Hamas, Hizballah and PIJ, if Cdn media cannot call a terrorist group a terrorist group?
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Phil Gurski
1 month
I hate to be a smart arse but I have been writing, posting, and speaking about Islamist radicalisation in Canada for nigh on a quarter century and been called 'racist' for my efforts (re Tel Aviv attack by an alleged Cdn today)
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Phil Gurski
6 years
I am very happy to announce that I have been appointed as Director, Security and Intelligence for the SecDev Group in Ottawa. Looking very forward to working with SecDev! @SecDev
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Phil Gurski
5 years
I am very pleased to announce that I have just been named Programme Director for the Security, Economics and Tech hub at the U of Ottawa's Professional Development Institute. So fortunate to work with such a great team!
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Phil Gurski
3 months
Swedish Muslim association Ibn Rushd uses materials that disparage women, connect Judaism to homosexuality, and reference Sharia law, ordered to give back public funds. Good!
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Phil Gurski
4 years
Christian Estrosi, mayor of Nice: “Enough is enough. It’s time now for France to exonerate itself from the laws of peace in order to definitively wipe out Islamo-fascism from our territory.”
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Phil Gurski
3 years
6 yrs ago today I retired after 32 yrs in Cdn intel to become a writer (6 books so far!), blogger, podcaster, media commentator and mentor for young Cdns interested in NatSec. Thanks to all for your support and encouragement! I'm not done - yet!
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Phil Gurski
3 years
Repeat after me: NO ONE 'self radicalises'. This is a myth we need to reject so we can do counter terrorism properly
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Phil Gurski
5 years
Former AQ terrorist who worked for MI6 rejects notion of 'deradicalisation' (as do I): he will feature in an upcoming Borealis podcast!
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Phil Gurski
1 year
Look what came in the mail today! Many thanks to @2xdaggerbooks If you want a signed copy, join me on Mar 22 at 18h30 at @PerfectBooksOtt for the official launch
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Phil Gurski
5 years
Netherlands will not allow Dutch IS jihadi - who claims he was a 'welder' - to return with wife and child
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Phil Gurski
4 years
Recent @washingtonpost op-ed on France/terrorism: "the recent attacks were carried out by deeply disturbed individuals, lone wolves with no ties to international terrorist networks." There is much wrong with this myth: it is hard to know where to begin
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Phil Gurski
3 months
CSIS chief pushes back against PMO claim about mistake in intelligence report - I am getting sick and tired of this gvt's ignorance and dismissiveness of intel. We need grown-ups to lead us
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Phil Gurski
2 years
Excellent piece by the only true incel 'expert' I know, @naamakates on why the incel 'movement' (itself a meaningless term) is NOT getting more extreme, @washingtonpost reporting notwithstanding. Well done Naama - thanks!!
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Phil Gurski
11 months
CBC Leaked Email Tells Reporters Not to Use Term ‘Terrorists’ in Connection With Israel Attacks...but, but, Hamas is a listed terrorist entity in Canada! #terrorism
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Phil Gurski
5 years
Fascinating @BBCNews piece on the Sri Lankan terrorist attacks and the critical role of families in the radicalisation and planning
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Phil Gurski
5 months
CSIS chief defends his spies' work after PM casts doubt on reliability of agency's reports - as a former senior strategic terrorism analyst at CSIS I thank him for stepping up and countering the PM's idiotic claims
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Phil Gurski
7 years
Freed Cdn hostage says Taliban 'stupid': unlike man who takes pregnant wife 'backpacking' thru Afghanistan
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Phil Gurski
3 years
Borealis Today in Terrorism - On April 30, 1980 six gunmen seized the Iranian Embassy in London, taking 21 hostages, two of whom they killed
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Phil Gurski
5 years
My 5th book is now out! I hope those interested in terrorism find it useful
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Phil Gurski
8 months
Iranian national with alleged terrorism ties deported from U.S. to Canada - has permanent residence here #terrorism
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Phil Gurski
4 months
Chinese student in the US sentenced to nine months in prison for stalking and threatening a female Chinese student who put up pro-democracy fliers on campus - it's a start
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Phil Gurski
6 years
I am happy to announce that starting in 2019 I am planning a fortnightly podcast entitled 'An intelligent look at terrorism' Stay tuned for details!
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Phil Gurski
3 years
80% of the Uyghur children at a village preschool in China’s far-western Xinjiang have at least one parent in state custody, while pupils with both parents in detention attend a separate “welfare school” where they are continuously monitored
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Phil Gurski
2 months
Terrorism charges for BC woman who left to join ISIS: Ottawa lawyer expresses 'shock' at charges. This is so Casablanca!! She should answer for her crimes, not be seen as a victim. I will be commenting on @CTVNationalNews later today #terrorism
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Phil Gurski
4 years
I just discovered @IncelProject - a woman who actually gathers primary data by talking to self-professed incels - very interesting work. Naama Kates will join Borealis in a podcast in the very near future
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Phil Gurski
5 years
I want to wish all my friends on Twitter a wonderful 2020! Thank you for all your comments and support for the work I share on this platform.
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Phil Gurski
7 years
Turkey arrests 20 suspected IS members including 16 foreigners in Istanbul
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Phil Gurski
11 months
@NatashaFatah Thx for having me on Natasha and asking great questions!
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Phil Gurski
5 years
Woohooo!! Editing and indexing done and now ready for publication in December! Will make a great Christmas gift!
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Phil Gurski
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Conservative House Leader Scheer says Canadians have a right to know how man charged with committing a terrorism offence for ISIS abroad evaded Canada's screening process to immigrate here and become a citizen - yep they do! #terrorism
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Phil Gurski
3 years
Officials in Dushanbe received reports that Tajik militants who fought alongside the Taliban in Afghanistan are now making plans to cross the border into Tajikistan - and so it begins???
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Phil Gurski
5 years
Terror expert warns Sweden against repatriating Syria jihadists @MagnusRanstorp - he and I agree on a lot of this as I wrote in Western Foreign Fighters
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Phil Gurski
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Toronto father, son face terrorism-related charges: Ahmad Fouad Mostafa Eldidi and his son Mostafa allegedly working with ISIS. Another reminder that ISIS/jihadism in Canada is not dead (as I have been saying for a decade) #terrorism
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Phil Gurski
8 years
My second book is officially out today! You can get it on Amazon and Indigo-Chapters
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Phil Gurski
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@M_Johnston1 Expressing a desire to end civilian casualties is one thing: calling Hamas, a listed terrorist entity, 'freedom fighters ' and praising Oct 7 as 'justified ' is intolerable.
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Phil Gurski
2 years
Great comment by @naamakates @IncelProject "There is something deeply broken in a society where young men are using the aesthetics of terrorism just for some online notoriety" - not everything is terrorism folks!!
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Phil Gurski
4 years
1. Tomorrow marks 5 years since I retired from Cdn security intelligence and struck out on my own. 5 years, 5 books and thousands of blogs, podcasts and interactions later I have to say I am a pretty lucky guy!
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Phil Gurski
8 months
To all my followers and connections on X a very Merry Christmas/happy holidays from Borealis!
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Phil Gurski
3 months
My latest op-ed in the @OttawaCitizen on the Trudeau gvt's piss-poor intelligence grasp and the serious consequences for Canada's national security
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Phil Gurski
2 months
Ottawa buys Arctic hangar next to NORAD base after Chinese, Russian interest. How the f*** can the gvt allow our enemies to express 'interest' in an Arctic military facility on Canadian soil????? Again, clueless re national security
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Phil Gurski
5 months
Trudeau just doesn't think Chinese interference is anything to be angry about: CSIS has warned threats will persist until they are taken seriously by the government, which isn't happening
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Phil Gurski
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Can someone please explain to me why the RCMP did NOT list the terrorist group (the list is public) that a young offender arrested is alleged to belong to? How would doing so jeopardise the investigation?
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Phil Gurski
1 month
It looks like the Canadian killed by Israeli soldiers while threatening them with a knife traveled to Israel: described as 'Muslim'. This is another example of Canadians going abroad to commit terrorism (see my book Western Foreign Fighters) #terrorism
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Phil Gurski
7 months
Public Safety Minister 'struck' by extent Canada is 'net importer' of intelligence from allies - again an indication of Canada's poor intelligence culture at the political level
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Phil Gurski
4 years
Lebanese man was arrested in Poland on Monday on suspicion of planning to carry out terrorist attacks in Western Europe and of having ties with ISIS
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Phil Gurski
3 years
Borealis is going to take a break from posting for a bit to attend to some personal matters. Thanks to all for your engagement over the past 6 years!!
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Phil Gurski
3 months
By leveraging its stronghold in Afghanistan using networks in Central and South Asia, ISKP reemerging as a transnational actor with the capacity to carry out operations across Asia and Europe: so much for the 'experts' who said ISIS was dead #terrorism
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Phil Gurski
9 months
National-security adviser nixes idea of foreign-intelligence agency for Canada - sigh, once again my country shows its abysmal lack of an intelligence culture
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Phil Gurski
4 years
RIP RCMP member Heidi Stevenson.
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Phil Gurski
10 months
Adil Charkaoui, subject to a national security certificate for decades, praises Hamas, calls for deaths of Zionists. Quelle surprise!! NOT!! And yet Canada allowed him to stay here #terrorism
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Phil Gurski
4 years
Borealis talks to @MrMubinShaikh about the Abu Huzayfah terrorism hoax. No one knows more about this case than Mubin! Have a listen to a REAL counter terrorism specialist!
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Phil Gurski
4 years
Coming up soon! I will join @DestinyGGChat to talk counter terrorism under a Biden Administration
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Phil Gurski
2 months
Ottawa strengthens vetting after officials failed to pass on new human-rights chief’s alias to RCMP, CSIS - my God, that is what CSIS does you dimwits! Again, a gvt with no clue on national security. Sigh.....
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Phil Gurski
4 years
Does NO ONE see the decision to list the Proud Boys in Canada as even slightly political?
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Phil Gurski
4 years
I am thrilled to announce that I have been retained as the Director of the Security, Economics and Technology program at U Ottawa's Professional Development Institute for another year! Check out what we offer! @uottawapdicafe
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Phil Gurski
1 year
Norway’s far-right mass killer Breivik sues state over prison isolation, currently serving 21 years for killing 77 people in 2011. Ah poor Anders, sucks to be you mate! Maybe you shouldn't have killed all those people #terrorism
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Phil Gurski
4 years
Don't miss the latest Borealis Intelligent Look at Terrorism podcast as renowned terrorism scholar @Hegghammer talks about his new book on Abdallah Azzam! Also available on Spotify, Podbean and iTunes
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Phil Gurski
3 months
Edmonton woman married ISIS fighters, sought weapons training, no charges, gets a peace bond. And you wonder why our allies see us as soft on natsec??? #terrorism
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Phil Gurski
2 years
I find it fascinating that not a single person I know who worked in counter terrorism (security intelligence or law enforcement) wants to repatriate ISIS terrorists - coz they know what the implications are for us here in Canada no doubt #terrorism
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Phil Gurski
3 months
Is it just me or are we seeing a lot of knife attacks in Western Europe which authorities immediately dismiss as NOT terrorism and which disappear from the headlines very quickly? These could very well be NOT terrorism but I find the lack of info interesting
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Phil Gurski
5 years
Excellent, precise synopsis on terrorism in 2020 by my friend @ColinPClarke I will give my own views in a podcast soon
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Phil Gurski
4 years
Why are German neo-Nazis training in Russia?
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Phil Gurski
5 months
New intelligence documents published by Canada's federal foreign interference inquiry raise questions about the conclusions of former Governor General David Johnston’s probe into the issue
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Phil Gurski
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Two 21-year-old men from Utrecht and Vleuten arrested in May on suspicion of joining ISIS, attempted to travel to ISIS-controlled areas. Also destroyed graves. Why is this coming out only now? #terrorism
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Phil Gurski
7 years
German female IS member may face death penalty in Iraq
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Phil Gurski
1 year
The Canadian gvt's continued attempt to paint legitimate concerns over PRC interference in our elections as 'anti-Asian racism' is pathetic and insulting. Why is it incapable of dealing with this threat?
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Phil Gurski
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Canadian gas station attendant and British preacher convicted in U.K. terrorism case: Cdn Khaled Hussein, who worked at an Edmonton gas station, part of Al Muhajiroun (ALM). Jihadism is alive and well in Canada alas #terrorism
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Phil Gurski
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Germany on high alert for Jihadist threat at Euros - good short piece in @unherd by my Cdn friend @LucasADWebber and a good reminder that even in Germany jihadis far outweigh the far right on the current terrorism threat scale #terrorism
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