critical intelligence

key situation [ key moment | decisive situation | decisive moment | critical situation | critical moment | crucial situation | crucial moment ]

counter-terrorism analyst | intelligence analyst | intelligence officer | research & intelligence officer

signals intelligence | SIGINT [Abbr.]

person providing information | person asked to give information

find out

inform customers of activity changes and cancellations | inform customers of changes in activities | inform customers of activity changes | inform customers with changes in activity

National Intelligence Directorate

collate military intelligence records | developing records of military intelligence | develop military intelligence records | developing military intelligence records

I'm just saying that it's astonishing that a body charged with an intelligence mandate should not have known of a crucial intelligence bit of information, which turned out to be false and misleading, and only learned about it four years later because of the commissioner's and the inquiry's report and because Commissioner Zaccardelli came before this committee.

15. Is particularly concerned that the various political crises in the region have reduced the intelligence capacity of the Member States; recalls the crucial importance of promoting improved cooperation between the EU Member States and the MENA countries in combating terrorism within a human rights and international law framework; calls for systematic and effective cooperation between these countries and with Europol and Interpol, to help them develop the necessary structures and resources in the field of anti-terrorism, counter-terrorism and organised crime, including human trafficking, by implementing integrated defence systems desi ...[+++]gned chiefly to protect the human rights of each individual involved, provided adequate human rights safeguards are in place; highlights the 5+5 dialogue, which supplements the action of the Union for the Mediterranean (UfM) and enables work on security cooperation; underlines the need to overcome the persisting shortcomings in cooperation with foreign fighters’ countries of origin, transit and destination; calls on the EU Member States to pool their resources, enhance the existing mechanisms (Frontex, Eurosur) and establish a European PNR in order to improve controls at the EU’s external borders; stresses that the active collaboration between foreign and home affairs ministers should be strengthened, particularly concerning judicial and police cooperation and information-sharing;

While legislative language is of course very crucial, I believe that the effectiveness of the Canadian policy on information privacy will be dependent on some other factors, and it's those factors that I'd like to talk to you about in relation to Bill C-54: firstly, on the ability of the regime to encourage voluntary adoption of privacy principles; secondly, on the use of the entire repertoire of possible approaches and instruments to privacy protection; thirdly, on the ability of the Privacy Commissioner to apply what I call “an ounce of prevention” or proactive measures; and finally, on the level of policy harmonization within Canad ...[+++]a and between Canada and international standards.

12. Stresses that the fight against terrorism is a priority within the ISS; points out that according to Europol the terrorist threat in the EU is real, although it takes very many forms, but questions the Union’s priorities in this respect with regard to the actual origin of terrorist attacks; insists on the need to give greater priority to prevention policies alongside repressive measures; notes the need here for a closer focus on, and allocation of the corresponding financial and human resources to, targeted policing measures and information services, so that terrorist attacks can actually be prevented; recalls the importance of preventing terrorist funding and looks forward to the proposal for a framework for judicial and administra ...[+++]tive measures such as freezing the funds of persons suspected of terrorism pursuant to Article 75 TFEU; calls on the Commission and the Member States to evaluate properly the nature and extent of the threat posed by a resurgence of violent political radicalisation; considers it crucial to develop mechanisms that permit the early detection of signs of such radicalisation, and asks the Commission and the Member States to take this on board, including with regard to prevention, within their respective areas of activity; is concerned about the increasing activity by what are generally termed ‘lone wolves’, of EU or third-country nationality, who travel to conflict areas and then return to EU territory, because they present new types of risk that cannot be addressed using normal anti-terrorist methods; encourages exchanges of good practices for the prevention of radicalisation among young people and supports the proposed EU toolbox on the subject; expects the evaluation of the Framework Decision on combating terrorism to take all these parameters into account and underlines the need to better interlink existing counter-terrorism instruments;