By Canadian Coalition for Democracies

Ottawa, Canada Friday, 2 June 2006 - The Canadian Coalition for Democracies (CCD) is pleased to announce the appointment of David Harris as CCD Senior Fellow for National Security.

David Harris is a lawyer, and Director of the International Terrorist Intelligence Program, INSIGNIS Strategic Research Inc. Prior to his role at INSIGNIS, he served as a former Chief of Strategic Planning of the Canadian Security and Intelligence Services (CSIS). As a regular commentator on issues of terrorism and national security, Harris’ analyses have received national and international attention. He has appeared on numerous Canadian television programs on the CBC, CTV, and Global TV, as well as in many Canadian newspapers. Internationally, Harris appeared as a witness at US Congressional subcommittee hearings in Washington, DC. He was quoted in the New York Times, The Washington Post, and international news services. He also appeared on programs ranging from television’s “America’s Most Wanted,” CBS’s “60 Minutes”, NBC’s “Dateline” and the “Today Show” to “The CBS News with Dan Rather” and CNN’s “Wolf Blitzer Reports”.

“We are extremely pleased that David Harris has accepted this offer to become CCD’s Senior Fellow for National Security,” said Alastair Gordon, President, CCD. “He adds a wealth of knowledge and experience to our team.”

David Harris will work with CCD’s Senior Fellow, Dr. Salim Mansur, and the Board of the Canadian Coalition for Democracies to promote a better understanding of terrorism and national security issues. Harris will also serve as a legal advisor to the Coalition.

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David Harris can be seen on recent television interviews dealing with the collapse of Canada’s surveillance of immigrants from terror-exporting nations and the identified risk of home-grown terrorists within Canada:

May 31 2006 - CTV Canada AM interviews David Harris on Canada’s Immigration security collapse & homegrown terrorists

May 31 2006 - CTV Newsnet interviews David Harris on the identified risk of homegrown terrorists and the risk of a London 7/7 bombing in Canada

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