[4] Smith investigated detainees captured by Canadian troops and transferred into Afghan custody in 2007, revealing widespread torture in local jails.
[7] Smith and his colleague Paul Koring won the Michener Award for public service, granted once a year by the Governor General of Canada.
[10] During his coverage of the 2011 civil war in Libya, Smith found documents that showed the Chinese government offered large arsenals of weapons to Muammar Gaddafi, in violation of UN sanctions.
[13] Other documents Smith discovered in Libya contributed to the scandal over engineering giant SNC-Lavalin's role in the country,[14] and the coverage won three magazine awards.
[22] He writes research papers about politics[23][24] and security,[25][26] and contributes op-ed articles to publications such as The New York Times,[27] Reuters,[28] and other media outlets.