Send us a text 🔍 Global Intelligence Weekly Wrap-Up | May 30, 2025 Title: Sabotage in Cannes, NSC Purge in Washington, and China’s Transnational Repression in Canada This week’s Global Intelligence Weekly Wrap-Up delivers the sharpest analysis on the biggest national security, espionage, and foreign interference stories from around the world. Hosted by Neil Bisson , retired CSIS Intelligence Officer and Director of the Global Intelligence Knowledge Network , this 29-minute episode reveals how threats to democracy, sovereignty, and public safety are evolving faster than ever. 🌐 In This Episode: Sabotage hits the Cannes Film Festival — a deliberate attack on soft targets raises questions about Western infrastructure vulnerabilities. Washington’s National Security Council gets gutted — over 100 staffers are purged in a political shake-up that could weaken America’s intelligence continuity. RCMP warns of rising violent extremism in Canada — with Jewish Canadians increasingly targeted, why is our terrorism threat level unchanged? New exposé reveals how China is escalating transnational repression against Canadian citizens, activists, and politicians. A year after promising a Foreign Influence Transparency Registry, Canada still has no commissioner, no timeline, and no enforcement. Germany charges three men with spying for Russia and plotting to kill a Ukrainian veteran — a chilling escalation in Russian espionage. India takes a bold step to block Chinese surveillance tech — demanding full access to CCTV source code to stop potential espionage. 🧠 Whether you're in law enforcement, intelligence, academia, or just a citizen who cares about the world, this podcast offers the insights you won’t get from mainstream media. 👇 Chapters: 00:00 - Introduction 01:30 - Sabotage at Cannes: A New Form of Hybrid Threat 05:35 - NSC Shakeup: Over 100 US Staffers Purged 10:40 - RCMP Flags Violent Extremism Threats in Canada 15:52 - China’s Transnational Repression Targets Canadians 21:06 - Canada’s Foreign Agent Registry Still Missing 24:24 - Russian Espionage Plot Foiled in Germany 26:53 - India Cracks Down on Chinese Surveillance Tech 28:40 - Outro 🔗 Links to Stories Discussed: Cannes Sabotage: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c4gel3g84q0o NSC Purge: https://www.cnn.com/2025/05/23/politics/national-security-council-administrative-leave-trump RCMP Extremism Warning: https://nationalpost.com/opinion/terry-newman-canadas-terrorist-threat-too-great-for-jews-and-canadians China Targets Dissidents: https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/china-targets-dissidents-canada-1.7543745 Foreign Agent Registry Delay: https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/foreign-agent-registry-1.7540028 Russia Spy Plot in Germany: https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/germany-charges-people-spying-russia-potentially-intent-kill-122272075 India’s Crackdown on Chinese CCTV: Support the show
