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HALIFAX
Wednesday, January 18, 2012 www.metronews.ca News worth sharing.
Accused spy still behind bars Will remain in jail for at least another week Defence Minister Peter MacKay will neither confirm nor deny alleged Russian involvement Still a presumption of innocence in Canada, Delisle’s lawyer maintains RYAN TAPLIN/METRO
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Canada’s defence minister was tight-lipped on Tuesday concerning allegations a Halifax-based naval intelligence officer leaked information to a “foreign entity.” But Peter MacKay said the apparent security breach has not raised concerns for Canada’s NATO allies. “Let me assure that our allies have full confidence in Canada, full confidence in our information,” MacKay told reporters Tuesday. MacKay said he could not comment on the case of Sub.-Lt. Jeffrey Paul Delisle, a 40-year-old Bedford man charged under the Security of Information Act on Monday, as the matter is before the courts. Delisle, who worked at CFB Stadacona as an intelligence officer, is facing two charges relating to communicating sensitive information to an undisclosed foreign entity and one count of breach of trust in his duties at the base. The alleged offences occurred between July 2007 and January
Jeffrey Paul Delisle is the first person to be charged under Canada’s Security of Information Act, passed after the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001.
2012, according to the RCMP. MacKay said he would neither deny nor confirm Russian involvement — a claim reported by CTV, citing unnamed sources. “I’m not denying or confirming anything. I’m saying that there’s a process that has to be followed, and public commentary from the minister of national defence is not going to assist that,” he said. Sergei Ivanov, a spokesman for the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service, refused to comment on the allegations when contacted by state-owned news agency Ria Novosti. Delisle did not appear in a Halifax courtroom on Tuesday for a scheduled bail hearing. His lawyer, Cameron MacKeen, rescheduled it for Jan. 25. Delisle will remain in jail at the Central Nova Correctional Facility in Burnside.
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Jeffrey Paul Delisle is escorted from a Halifax provincial courthouse to a sheriff’s van on Tuesday morning. The naval intelligence officer is charged with passing government secrets to a foreign entity.
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