The arrest of a top Canadian police officer on charges of leaking secret informa...
OTTAWA - The arrest of a top Canadian police officer on charges of leaking secret information could hurt intelligence operations by allied nations, the head of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police said on Monday.
“We are assessing the impacts of the alleged activities as information becomes available,” RCMP Commissioner Brenda Lucki said in a statement. “We are aware of the potential risk to agency operations of our partners in Canada and abroad and we thank them for their continued collaboration.” In an indication of how serious the case is, Lucki said the “extremely unsettling” allegations “have shaken many people throughout the RCMP.”
Bill Browder said he had met Ortis twice in Ottawa in 2017 after requesting the RCMP probe the matter. The 2012 law Ortis has been charged under was also used to prosecute a Canadian naval officer who conveyed secrets to Russia for more than four years. Sub-Lieutenant Jeffrey Delisle was jailed for 20 years in 2013 but released on parole in 2018.
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