{"id":25770,"date":"2024-02-08T00:36:00","date_gmt":"2024-02-07T19:06:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/farratanews.online\/former-intelligence-official-receives-sentence-for-breaking-canadas-secrets-law\/"},"modified":"2024-02-08T00:36:00","modified_gmt":"2024-02-07T19:06:00","slug":"former-intelligence-official-receives-sentence-for-breaking-canadas-secrets-law","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/farratanews.online\/former-intelligence-official-receives-sentence-for-breaking-canadas-secrets-law\/","title":{"rendered":"Former intelligence official receives sentence for breaking Canada&#8217;s secrets law"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Cameron Jay Ortis, a former senior intelligence official in Canada\u2019s national police force, was sentenced to 14 years in prison for breaching the country&#8217;s secrets law.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Ortis, 51, led the Royal Canadian Mounted Police\u2019s Operations Research group, responsible for gathering classified information on cybercriminals.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Ortis was accused of disclosing classified information in 2015 and attempting to do so again, allegedly without authority.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"speakable\">A judge Wednesday sentenced a former senior intelligence official in Canada\u2019s national police force to 14 years in prison for breaching the country&#8217;s secrets law.<\/p>\n<p class=\"speakable\">Cameron Ortis led the Royal Canadian Mounted Police\u2019s Operations Research group, which assembles classified information on cybercriminals, terror cells and transnational criminal networks.<\/p>\n<p>Ontario Superior Court Justice Robert Maranger said Wednesday that Ortis will be credited with time spent in custody, and he must now serve another seven years and 155 days.<\/p>\n<p><strong>SENIOR CANADIAN POLICE INTELLIGENCE OFFICER ARRESTED ON SUSPICION OF ESPIONAGE<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A jury last November declared Ortis, 51, guilty of three counts of violating the Security of Information Act and one count of attempting to do so. They also found him guilty of breach of trust and fraudulent use of a computer.<\/p>\n<div class=\"image-ct inline\">\n<div class=\"m\"><picture><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/343\/192\/Cameron-Ortis.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/686\/384\/Cameron-Ortis.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"192\" width=\"343\"><source media=\"(min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/672\/378\/Cameron-Ortis.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/1344\/756\/Cameron-Ortis.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"378\" width=\"672\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1279px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/931\/523\/Cameron-Ortis.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/1862\/1046\/Cameron-Ortis.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"523\" width=\"931\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/720\/405\/Cameron-Ortis.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/1440\/810\/Cameron-Ortis.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"405\" width=\"720\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/1200\/675\/Cameron-Ortis.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1\" alt=\"Cameron Ortis\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>\n<div class=\"info\">\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p><span>Cameron Ortis, a senior intelligence official at the RCMP, leaves the courthouse in Ottawa, Ontario, after being granted bail on Oct. 22, 2019. A judge on Wednesday sentenced Ortis to 14 years in prison for breaching the country&#8217;s secrets law.<\/span> <span>(Justin Tang\/The Canadian Press via AP)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Ortis had pleaded not guilty to all charges, including violating the secrets law by revealing classified information to three individuals in 2015 and trying to do so in a fourth instance.<\/p>\n<p><strong>CANADA HALTS ASSISTED SUICIDE PROGRAM FOR MENTALLY ILL DUE TO LACK OF DOCTORS<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The prosecution argued Ortis lacked authority to disclose classified material and that he was not doing so as part of a sanctioned undercover operation.<\/p>\n<p> <!----> <!----><\/div>\n[ad_2]\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] Cameron Jay Ortis, a former senior intelligence official in Canada\u2019s national police force, was sentenced to 14 years in prison for breaching the country&#8217;s secrets law. Ortis, 51, led the Royal Canadian Mounted Police\u2019s Operations Research group, responsible for gathering classified information on cybercriminals. 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