The al-Qaeda sleeper cell that never was : the Canadian news media, state security apparatus and 'Operation Thread'
In late August of 2003, the Canadian and international media broke news of Operation Thread, executed by the Canadian state security apparatus to apprehend 24 Muslim members of a "possible al-Qaeda sleeper cell" in Toronto. After creating a moral panic and exposing the suspects to domestic...
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http://spectrum.library.concordia.ca/8032/1/MQ94615.pdfOdartey-Wellington, Felix <http://spectrum.library.concordia.ca/view/creators/Odartey-Wellington=3AFelix=3A=3A.html> (2004) The al-Qaeda sleeper cell that never was : the Canadian news media, state security apparatus and 'Operation Thread'. Masters thesis, Concordia University.