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Impact of Canadian Spy Case Resonates 10 Years Later

Jay Heisler

   HALIFAX, NOVA SCOTIA - Ten years ago, a police raid occurred in
   Halifax, Nova Scotia, that would permanently change the way Canada
   deals with national security and intelligence -- and send long-lasting
   ripples through its relations with major allies.

   It was December 2011 when Royal Canadian Mounted Police officers
   accompanied by military authorities raided the house of Canadian navy
   officer Jeffrey Delisle, acting on a tip from authorities in the United
   States. Within weeks, Delisle had confessed to spying for Russia.

   The arrest was a blow not only to Canada but also to several key
   allies. Delisle had been working at HMCS Trinity, a secretive
   intelligence facility in the Halifax naval dockyard that coordinates
   intelligence-sharing among a group of countries known as the Five Eyes:
   Canada, the United States, Britain, Australia and New Zealand.

   Ten years later, what has been learned? VOA talked to Canadian
   intelligence experts, local journalists and Canada's Department of
   National Defense to find out what steps were taken to prevent a
   recurrence.

   Wesley Wark, an intelligence expert and frequent contributor to the
   Canadian Broadcasting Corp. (CBC), said the security breach led to
   short-term and long-term changes that are still being felt.

   Security clearance

   Wark told VOA that immediately after Delisle was caught, the facility
   in which he worked was "stripped apart and rebuilt" to make sure
   Delisle had not left behind any listening devices or compromised any of
   the computers.

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