National Security Agencies Must Learn From Their Mistakes

This was an editorial I wrote with Dr. Stephanie Carvin from Carleton University. It was published by the Globe and Mail and can be read over here.

Meaningful discussion about the impact of national security practices could also go some way toward establishing or building back trust in the places where it has been damaged. Trust continues to be the social license that national security agencies in democracies require, and while some may hope that time will simply heal all wounds, the process cannot begin without sincere efforts at understanding.