Preventing a Homegrown Attack

article | October 30, 2014

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The day after the attack on the Canadian parliament, Prime Minister Stephen Harper promised that he would support new legislation that gave the Canadian intelligence service, the CSIS, expanded powers to stop further attacks. But would these increased capabilities actually have stopped the shooting? In a Google Hangout this week, Shane Harris of Foreign Policy, and Margaret Hu of Washington and Lee School of Law answered this question, and more. Watch the full video here.

Participants:

Shane Harris
Senior Writer, Foreign Policy
ASU Future of War Fellow, New America
@ShaneHarris

Margaret Hu
Assistant Professor of Law, Washington and Lee Law School

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