Cameron Ortis from RCMP convicted of violating Security of Information Act in one of Canada’s largest ever security breaches

A jury has found the former head of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police intelligence unit guilty of leaking state secrets, the first time a Canadian has been convicted under the country’s Security of Information Act.

[RCMP is not an “intelligence” agency. Misnomer by the Guardian].

  • Datto
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    1 year ago

    I mean Scotland Yard is just the Met, like the London Metropolitan Police. They aren’t a federal force, although locals do call them feds. The NYPD is the largest employer of intelligence operators in the world, it’s not like the RCMP is unique in running a CIP division.