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🇨🇦🕵️ Canadian Military Intelligence Compromised? | 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 developments that reveal how insider threats, espionage, hybrid warfare, and alliance uncertainty are reshaping the global security environment.

From a Canadian military intelligence officer charged with espionage 🇨🇦… to Western universities quietly targeted by hostile intelligence services 🎓… to the United States approving advanced AI chip exports to China🤖🇨🇳 — this episode shows how modern threats cut across defence institutions, academia, technology supply chains, and even long-standing alliances.

🎧 Before you hit play, consider these questions:

❓ Has Canada’s military intelligence community suffered a serious insider compromise — and what does this case reveal about counterintelligence gaps?

❓ Why are Western universities becoming prime targets for foreign intelligence collection — and is Canada prepared to respond?

❓ What does Canada’s expansion of its terrorist-entity list tell us about how extremism is evolving online and among youth?

❓ Why is a former Cuban economy minister now serving a life sentence for espionage — and what does this reveal about internal regime vulnerability?

❓ Does allowing Nvidia AI chips to be sold to China strengthen Western industry — or accelerate an adversary’s military and intelligence capabilities?

❓ And why has Denmark’s intelligence service taken the unprecedented step of identifying the United States itselfas a potential security concern?

Each of these questions — and many more — are explored with intelligence-driven analysis, operational context, and real-world insight throughout the episode.

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⏱️ Chapters

00:00 — Intro
02:05 — Segment 1: Foreign Intelligence Targeting Western Universities
07:10 — Segment 2: Canada Responds to Trump’s New National Security Strategy
11:40 — Segment 3: Canada Expands Its Terrorist-Entity List
15:50 — Segment 4: Canadian Military Intelligence Officer Charged with Espionage
21:10 — Segment 5: Former Cuban Minister Sentenced to Life for Spying
25:40 — Segment 6: Trump Approves Nvidia AI Chip Exports to China
30:30 — Segment 7: Danish Intelligence Flags the U.S. as a Security Concern
34:50 — Segment 8: Germany Confronts Russia Over Hybrid Warfare
35:25 — Outro

🎓 Course Mentioned in This Episode
Sabotage and Proxy Operations in Modern Intelligence
University of Ottawa – Professional Development Institute

https://pdinstitute.uottawa.ca/PDI/Courses/National-Security/Sabotage-and-Proxy-Operations/Course.aspx?CourseCode=S0245

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