A director general of an intelligence unit within the RCMP has been arrested and charged, Global News has confirmed.
Sources tell Global News Cameron Ortis is facing multiple charges under both the Criminal Code and the Security of Information Act.
A statement from the RCMP confirmed those charges “stem from activities alleged to have occurred during his tenure as an RCMP employee.”
Ortis is charged with:
•Section 14(1) of the Security of Information Act
•Section 22(1)(b) of the Security of Information Act
•Section 22(1)(e) of the Security of Information Act
•Section 122 of the Criminal Code
•Section 342.1(1) of the Criminal Code
Those charges relate specifically with unauthorized leaking of sensitive operational information and breach of trust, as well as unauthorized use of a computer.
The other counts refer to “obtaining, retaining or gaining access” to information and possessing a device “useful for concealing the content of information or surreptitiously communicating, obtaining or retaining information.
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Sources tell Global News the investigation was extensive and that Ortis was arrested on Thursday in Ottawa.
He holds a Ph.D from the University of British Columbia focusing on cybersecurity in East Asia ...
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What is Sensitive Information in Canada
For reference to the charge relating to “special operational information”, the note below defines what constitutes special operational information from section in Section 8(1) of the Security of Information Act:
special operational information means information that the Government of Canada is taking measures to safeguard that reveals, or from which may be inferred,
(a) the identity of a person, agency, group, body or entity that was, is or is intended to be, has been approached to be, or has offered or agreed to be, a confidential source of information, intelligence or assistance to the Government of Canada;
(b) the nature or content of plans of the Government of Canada for military operations in respect of a potential, imminent or present armed conflict;
(c) the means that the Government of Canada used, uses or intends to use, or is capable of using, to covertly collect or obtain, or to decipher, assess, analyse, process, handle, report, communicate or otherwise deal with information or intelligence, including any vulnerabilities or limitations of those means;
(d) whether a place, person, agency, group, body or entity was, is or is intended to be the object of a covert investigation, or a covert collection of information or intelligence, by the Government of Canada;
(e) the identity of any person who is, has been or is intended to be covertly engaged in an information- or intelligence-collection activity or program of the Government of Canada that is covert in nature;
(f) the means that the Government of Canada used, uses or intends to use, or is capable of using, to protect or exploit any information or intelligence referred to in any of paragraphs (a) to (e), including, but not limited to, encryption and cryptographic systems, and any vulnerabilities or limitations of those means; or
(g) information or intelligence similar in nature to information or intelligence referred to in any of paragraphs (a) to (f) that is in relation to, or received from, a foreign entity or terrorist group. (renseignements opérationnels spéciaux)
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