Canadian Officer Accused of Espionage

(Ottawa, Canada) An intelligence officer in the Royal Canadian Navy, Sub-Lieutenant Jeffrey Paul Delisle, 40, faces charges for passing government secrets to foreign interests over the span of four and one-half years.

Delisle worked at the Royal Canadian Navy Trinity center in Halifax.

Trinity gathers and analyzes information for warships. It receives intelligence collected by unmanned aerial drones operated from vessels.

And perhaps most critically in the eyes of Canada’s international partners, it is a nerve centre for information that is collected and then shared among allies including the United States.[…]

The Mounties would not say whether the allegations involve a country or some other group. CTV reported Monday night that SLt. Delisle passed information on to Russian interests.

Delisle faces possible life in prison if convicted. He's being detained without bail.

Note that Delisle likely had access to secrets of allies since intelligence is shared. Therefore, the U.S. military will likely need to perform a damage assessment of possibly compromised secrets.