Former RCMP Intelligence Official Cameron Ortis Found Guilty of Breaching Canada's Secrets Law

Ortis Convicted on Multiple Counts, Including Violating the Security of Information Act and Breach of Trust

Cameron Ortis, a former senior intelligence official in Canada’s national police force, was found guilty of breaching the country’s secrets law.
Ortis was convicted of three counts of violating the Security of Information Act and one count of attempting to do so, along with breach of trust and fraudulent use of a computer.
He was accused of revealing classified information to three individuals in 2015 and trying to do so in a fourth instance.
Ortis testified that he offered secret material to targets in a bid to get them to use an online encryption service set up by an allied intelligence agency to spy on adversaries.
The prosecution argued Ortis lacked authority to disclose classified material and that he was not doing so as part of a sanctioned undercover operation.