CAF Member Arrested and Charged Relating to Foreign Interference

[SeaKingTacco]

Believed, so was this a case he was conned by Russian intelligence?

We may never know.

I am going to guess that alot of the Court Martial happens in camera.

 

[ModlrMike]

Believed, so was this a case he was conned by Russian intelligence?

That's been my question from the outset.

 

[Maxman1]

Perhaps, this is another instance like the Vice Adm Norman situation where the member thought he was communicating within the boundaries of his position, with someone he was authorized to speak with, yet someone took it as something else and decided to push for an investigation. Or perhaps not.

CFINTCOM can be very empiricistic and take umbrage with outsiders seen to be meddling with their natural order of things. I experienced this myself while in Afghanistan many years ago. As a non-Int person, I had sent some benign observations on a subject to a friend in CFINTCOM who thought my observations worthwhile, useful and shared the information round the office. A CFINTCOM Col took huge offense and saw it as a non-Int type involving themselves in something they should not. Unknown to me, they filed a complaint and an MP Investigation was launched. The investigation went on for two years and I was never told about it. I only discovered that I had been investigated for 2 years after a number of documents were released to the press years later. Apparently the investigator found no grounds for charges.

 

[The Bread Guy]

That's been my question from the outset.

Agreed. Who knows - could it have been someone from country x that somebody else figured out worked for country y after all? Also interested in what Canada may or may not have been "leveraged" to do.

Then again, ask this guy about sharing info he wasn't supposed to with folks on the same, right?

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It'll be interesting to hear what comes out of the court proceedings ....

... I am going to guess that alot of the Court Martial happens in camera.

... even if this is (likely) the case.