Stephanie and Craig stray from their march through bill C-59 to address an issue in the news this past week: targeted killing of foreign terrorist fighters in Syria and Iraq. Reports suggest some anti-Daesh coalition members have targeted their nationals (or supplied information about nationals to allies), ensuring they never come home. Canada denies it does the same. Could it? Should it? More generally, what will Canada do about returnees? Before getting to these questions, the Intrepid team also discusses new developments with the National Security and Intelligence Committee of Parliamentarians (good), the now-commenced parliamentary debate on C-59 (not so good) and some minor buzz about invoking the Emergencies Act in response to the opioid crisis (surprising).

A Podcast Called Intrepid reaches double-digits with Episode 10, on the C-59 reforms to CSIS threat reduction powers and a new surprise addition: CSIS immunity provisions for intelligence collection activities. Threat reduction (aka disruption) was a headline act in the infamous bill C-51 (2015) -- and Craig proves he cannot talk about this topic without launching into a full-scale rant. But C-59 pares away some of the excess and puts threat reduction on (at least a more) constitutional footing. Still, the scope of that threat reduction raises important policy issues, which Craig and Stephanie discuss. They then look at the complicated new regime for immunizing CSIS breaches of the law while CSIS is engaged in intelligence gathering. This is a different issue than threat reduction. The policy dilemmas in both areas are rich -- the Intrepid crew try to identify them, appreciating that there will a variety of opinions on many. Mostly because Craig is in full-flight, we grossly exceed the usual length of the podcast (sorry). Meanwhile, Stephanie gets an above-the-call-of-duty badge for repressing a bad chest cold and taking our 10th turn at Intrepid Studios.

In Episode 9, Stephanie and Craig return to bill C-59 to finish up discussion of the Communications Security Establishment. They focus on CSE's new cyber offensive ("active cyber") and defensive mandates and its assistance mandate to the Canadian Armed Forces. They ask about the policy and legal implications of CSE making things go "bang" in the cyber (and maybe the real) world.

In Episode 8, Stephanie and Craig wearily try to stay on top of headlines focusing on the new lawsuit filed Monday, stemming from CSIS's alleged questioning of a non-Canadian at GITMO; the percolating controversy over Canada's troubled no-fly list and the "No Fly Kids" issue; and two terror cases, one new and one given a new twist by a recent book by an FBI undercover agent.

In Episode 7, Stephanie and Craig revert to a discussions of matters ripped from the headlines: the recent settlement of the lawsuit stemming from the Iacobucci Inquiry; the CSIS harassment lawsuit and CSIS Toronto office workplace climate report; Canada's suspended military involvement with the Kurds of northern Iraq; and, recurring concerns about foreign-influenced activity in Canada.

In this episode, Stephanie and Craig go deep into the Intelligence Commissioner and reformed Communications Security Establishment under C-59. Craig thumps the metaphorical table and makes some strident predictions about what happens if we don't get this done, Stephanie defends ministerial responsibility, and there is a minor argument.

In Episode 5, Stephanie and Craig tackle the new Magnitsky Act and the question of "do Canadian sanctions work". They also examine the new journalist shield law, and ask "what does it mean for national security investigations". And then they end with a terror case that went sideways for the prosecution.

After our temporary absence from Intrepid Studies, Stephanie and Craig circle back to where they left off: what is going on with Canada's national security accountability system? They discuss developments on the C-22 committee of parliamentarians front, and then dive into expert review focusing on highlights from this month's SIRC annual report, and the new Federal Court judicial review of SIRC. They end on the question: what will bill C-59 do to expert review in Canada? All that in 47 minutes (sorry).

n Episode 3 of A Podcast Called Intrepid (Thanksgiving Edition), Stephanie and Craig discuss the challenges of national security review and accountability, as a led-in to discussing bill C-59. Along the way, they also discuss the new national security and intelligence committee of parliamentarians created by bill C-22. This session was prerecorded before the long weekend, meaning Stephanie and Craig will need to catch up on two weeks of news next week.

In this second episode of "A Podcast Called INTREPID", Stephanie and Craig are steered from their original plan by a busy news week. They discuss the policy and legal dilemmas stemming from what has been officially been labeled the Edmonton "terrorist attack" and developments in the trial of Amanda Lindhout's accused kidnapper.