Jeffrey Delisle
| Jeffrey Delisle | |
|---|---|
| Born |
March 30, 1971 Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada |
| Occupation | Sub-Lieutenant in the Royal Canadian Navy and agent for Russian intelligence |
| Criminal charge | Espionage |
| Criminal status | Pleaded guilty in October 2012, sentenced to 20 years |
| Spouse(s) | Jennifer Lee Janes (m. 1997–2010) |
Jeffrey Paul Delisle (born March 30, 1971) is a former Sub-Lieutenant in the Royal Canadian Navy who passed sensitive information from the top-secret Stone Ghost intelligence sharing network to the Russian spy agency GRU. Delisle's actions have been described as “exceptionally grave” by Canada's Department of National Defence (DND) and “severe and irreparable” by the Canadian Security Intelligence Service.
At court in October 2012 Delisle pleaded guilty to breach of trust and two counts of passing secret information to a foreign entity, contrary to the Security of Information Act. He was sentenced to 20 years in penitentiary, minus time served, by the Chief Judge of the Provincial Court of Nova Scotia on February 8, 2013. On February 13, 2013 the Department of National Defence announced that Delisle had been stripped of his commission and service decorations and been dishonourably discharged.
Delisle served as a naval threat assessment analyst for the Royal Canadian Navy. He initially joined as a reservist in January 1996, enrolling as a regular member in March 2001. In October 2001, Delisle completed a leadership course and became a Corporal. In November 2006, Delisle was promoted to Sergeant. In 2008, he enrolled in the faculty of arts at Royal Military College. He received his commission as a Sub-Lieutenant in July 2008. In September 2010, Delisle graduated from Royal Military College with a Bachelor of Arts. He was posted to the HMCS Trinity multinational naval intelligence and communications centre in Halifax in August 2011.
In July 2007 Delisle walked into the Embassy of Russia in Ottawa and offered to sell secret information to the Russian military intelligence service (known as the GRU).
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