Intelligence Failure And Leak In Canada Has Caused A Serious Breach Between Canada And The U.S. Intelligence Community

Photo: Royal Canadian Navy intelligence officer Sub-Lt. Jeffrey Paul Delisle arrives at the provincial court in Halifax on Tuesday to face espionage charges. Delisle is accused of passing ocean monitoring information to an unknown foreign body. Photograph by: Paul Darrow, Reuters, Ottawa Citizen With Files From Bradley Bouzane And Richard Foot, Postmedia News

Canadian Military Leak to Russia Riles Allies -- Wall Street Journal

A Canadian naval officer allegedly leaked a large cache of military communications data to Russia, causing a serious breach between U.S. and Canadian intelligence officials, said people familiar with the situation.

Though U.S. and Canadian officials have now patched up their differences, the fallout underscored the seriousness with which Washington has taken the incident despite Canadian insistence that allies haven't been overly concerned.

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Update #1: Alleged Canadian spy leak may have caused major breach of U.S. info: report -- Montreal Gazette/Postmedia News
Update #2: Canadian naval officer leaked intelligence to Russia: Report -- Toronto Star

My Comment: The question that I have to ask is why .... why throw away your career, position, reputation .... basically everything .... to give the Russians some naval secrets.