Canada’s Spy-Catching System Caused Delay, Angst in Delisle Case: Former FBI Official

Canada’s Spy-Catching System Caused Delay, Angst in Delisle Case: Former FBI Official
Sub-Lt. Jeffrey Paul Delisle arrives at Nova Scotia provincial court for a sentencing hearing in Halifax on Feb. 1, 2013. The Canadian Press/Andrew Vaughan
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OTTAWA—The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation’s former head of counter−intelligence says it fell to him to tell the RCMP about a spy in the Canadian navy, even though the Canadian Security Intelligence Service was already well aware of Jeffrey Delisle’s sale of sensitive secrets to the Russians.

In a newly published book, Frank Figliuzzi casts a critical eye on the Delisle case, pointing to the episode as a prime illustration of systemic problems with how Canadian agencies investigate espionage.