A lawyer involved in criminal and national security matters, David Harris is Director of the International and Terrorist Intelligence Program, INSIGNIS Strategic Research Inc. A former Chief of Strategic Planning of the Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS), Mr. Harris serves as Senior Fellow for National Security at the Canadian Coalition for Democracies (CCD), a multi-ethnic and multi-religious organization dedicated to promoting democracy and civil liberties in Canada and abroad. He also serves as Counsel to the CCD in its capacity as an intervenor in two terrorism-related Commissions of Inquiry: the Air India Inquiry and the Iacobucci Internal Inquiry.
As a commentator in English and French on terrorism and national security, and witness at US Congressional subcommittee and Canadian parliamentary committee hearings, Mr. Harris's analyses have received international media attention. Quoted in the New York Times, The Washington Post , and international news services, he has appeared on television programs ranging from America's Most Wanted, CBS's 60 Minutes, NBC Dateline , and The Today Show , to The CBS News with Dan Rather, CNN's Wolf Blitzer Reports , and Paula Zahn Now , as well as FOX's O'Reilly Factor and The Big Story w/ John Gibson . Canada's most prominent newsmagazine calls David Harris one of Canada's leading experts on terrorism.