These are individuals who should be held to a higher level of accountability for unauthorized disclosures of information obtained in relation to their work.
On 13 January 2012, Jeffrey Delisle, a commissioned officer in the Royal Canadian Navy, was arrested and charged under the Security of Information Act.
[4] On 12 September 2019, Cameron Ortis, a senior intelligence official with the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, was arrested and subsequently charged with ten offences under the Security of Information Act and the Criminal Code.
[6] Following an eight-week-long trial, on 22 November 2023, Ortis was found guilty of four counts of intentionally and without authority communicating special operational information to unauthorized individuals.
Ortis was also found guilty of one count each of fraudulently obtaining a computer service and breach of trust under the Criminal Code.