The U.S.-Canadian Bilateral Consultative Group on Counterterrorism Cooperation met June 19-20 in Washington, D.C. At the meeting, co-chaired by Ambassador at Large Michael A. Sheehan and Canadian Director-General for Security and Intelligence Paul Dingledine, the two sides reviewed international terrorist trends and planned ways to intensify joint counterterrorist efforts. This builds on a long history of mutual cooperation, and has continued to improve with a broad range of contacts between their respective intelligence and law enforcement agencies since the arrest of Ahmed Ressam as he crossed the border into Washington State last December. Full Story