“The defendant, an Indian government employee, allegedly conspired with a criminal associate and attempted to assassinate a U.S. citizen on American soil for exercising their First Amendment rights,” said FBI Director Christopher Wray.

🚨🎙️There's a little less than two weeks until the #CASISSymposium2024! There's still time to buy your tickets (this week - don't delay!). Join us in Ottawa to talk about #intelligence in a time of shifting geopolitics: eventbrite.ca/e/looming-open…

There are just a couple of days left to register for the CASIS Annual Symposium! Don’t miss your chance to participate in this amazing event on November 1st. Only a few tickets left on sale now; we are humbled by the high level of interest! eventbrite.ca/e/looming-open…

Canada’s Cyber Centre releases notice of PRC reconnaissance of Canadian systems. Emphasizes this does not mean security breaches, but indicator of possible future targeting. cyber.gc.ca/en/news-events…

The FBI and CISA also have a statement out about an incident that is far more serious. It follows reporting last week of China successfully targeting US telecommunications networks

But the issue is not the endorsement or lack of endorsement itself. The problem is that the owner a major newspaper ordered his editorial staff not to endorse one candidate for fear of retaliation on his business interests should the other candidate win.

Today, ODNI along with our partners FBI and Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency released a joint statement on Russian election influence efforts. Read the statement here: dni.gov/index.php/news…

This is overdue. The nature of the IMVE threat, particularly in Canada, is such that leads must be developed in this space. This is the way to get proactive. cbc.ca/news/politics/…

The other shoe has dropped. CMC member and director of the political work department, Admiral Miao Hua, has been "suspended from duty," suspected of "serious violation of discipline." A 🧵 on what we know and implications for party-army relations. eng.mod.gov.cn/xb/News_213114…

A Russian spy ring was tasked with kidnapping and/or murdering my two colleagues, [email protected] and Roman Dobrokhotov, a UK court has now heard. thetimes.com/uk/crime/artic…

cbc.ca/news/us-phone-… “At least eight U.S. telecom firms and dozens of countries have been impacted this week by what a top White House official called a Chinese hacking campaign that has also raised concerns about the security of text messaging.” reminder: avoid SMS.

A Chinese national in Southern California has been arrested and charged with acting as an illegal agent of China and trying to influence U.S. elections. My book Beijing Rules investigates Chinese government inteference in California politics. See DOJ indictment link:

Now out! Canada Among Nations: National Security in the Twenty-First Century Edited by Norman Hillmer, Philippe Lagassé, and Vincent Rigby link.springer.com/book/10.1007/9…

Very happy to see this great edited book published - with a chapter by Akshay Singh and me on Canada and foreign interference:

Are you a Canadian PhD student with expertise on China interested in bridging academia and foreign policy? Applications to the Margaret Meagher Fellowship are open until January 31, 2025.

Are you a Canadian PhD holder with expertise on China interested in bridging academia and foreign policy? Applications to the China Research Fellowship are open until January 31, 2025. Apply today!

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It should be 2027

A river ‘died' overnight in Zambia after an acidic waste spill at a Chinese-owned mine apnews.com/article/mining…

An overseas CSIS operation that was suddenly halted by government officials created "unnecessary danger" for the team, a new watchdog report says. globalnews.ca/news/11204824/…