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Re: Canadian Secrets Scandal -RCMP Director Cameron Ortis Goes on Trial
Former RCMP Director Cameron Ortis Goes on Trial Today Accused of Leaking Sensitive Information
Cameron Ortis is Accused of Violating The Security of Information Act
Cameron Ortis, the former RCMP intelligence official charged with leaking top-secret information, is finally heading to trial today for one of the most sensitive court cases in Canadian history.
BBC 4 OCT 2023
Cameron Ortis, a former senior intelligence official at the RCMP, leaves the courthouse in Ottawa after being granted bail on Tuesday 22 Oct, 2019.
Cameron Ortis, the former RCMP intelligence official charged with leaking top-secret information, is finally heading to trial today for one of the most sensitive court cases in Canadian history.
As the former director general of the RCMP's national intelligence co-ordination centre in Ottawa, Ortis had access to national and multinational investigations and coveted intelligence.
He faces six charges, including four counts of violating the Security of Information Act.
The 51-year-old is accused of three counts of sharing special operational information "intentionally and without authority" and one count of attempting to share special operational information. He also faces two Criminal Code charges: breach of trust and unauthorized use of a computer.
Details of the charges against Ortis — including the names of the parties the Crown claims were the intended recipients of his alleged leaks — are likely to come out during the trial. For now, court documents only identify those parties by their initials: V.R., S.H., M.A. and F.M.
"This is extremely unprecedented," said Jess Davis, a former analyst at the Canadian Intelligence Security Service. "Ortis is someone who held a very high position in a very sensitive part of the RCMP.
"It's shaken the core of the public service and the security and intelligence community because this is someone who lots of people had contact with, lots of people would have had opportunity to work with."
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