Leah West
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Leah West
@leahwest-nsl.bsky.social
SJD. Associate Prof at Norman Paterson School of International Affairs, Sr Fellow @CIGI. Ex Armoured Officer & DOJ Nat Sec lawyer. Write about the law of spies, robots and terrorism. Sanctioned by Russia.
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July 8, 2025 at 10:37 PM
This plot allegedly began in 2021. Colleagues have already started to come forward with concerns about one of the serving members charges.

What might we have learned about it and this group had our research been allowed to proceed unimpeded?
July 8, 2025 at 10:30 PM
My take away was that Vance and the CAF wanted to be able to point to be doing something about the problem of IMVE in the ranks without really having to uncover the scope and depth of the issue, or at least have independent researchers confirm it.
July 8, 2025 at 10:30 PM
I may be cynical given my personal experience as well as General Vance’s now notorious “efforts” to address sexual misconduct in the CAF, but
July 8, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Despite all of the academic researches successfully completing Research and Ethics Review at our various universities, the CAF dragged their feet and never gave us approval to interview members or conduct our work on base.
July 8, 2025 at 10:30 PM
The project was led by Barbara Perry and David Hoffman, the best in the business who were approached by the CDS, General Vance, with the idea when the topic of RWE in the CAF was making headlines.
July 8, 2025 at 10:30 PM