Seattle PI

HALIFAX, Nova Scotia (AP) — A Canadian navy intelligence officer who pleaded guilty to selling military secrets to Russia was sentenced Friday to 20 years in prison.

Sub-Lt. Jeffrey Paul Delisle will serve 18 years and five months behind bars because of time he has already served, Provincial court Judge Patrick Curran said. Curran also ordered Delisle to pay a fine of nearly CA$111,817 ($111,700).

Delisle, 41, pleaded guilty in October to espionage for selling secrets to the Russians. He worked at a naval intelligence center and had access to information shared by Canada, the United States, Britain, Australia and New Zealand. The prosecution said he would search for Russian references on his work computer, transfer it to a USB key, then take it home and paste it into an email program that he shared with his Russian handler.

In an agreed statement of facts, Delisle admitted that his treachery began when he walked into the Russian embassy in Ottawa in July 2007 and offered his services for money.


Judge Curran said Friday that Delisle "coldly and rationally" offered his services to Russia.

Delisle was arrested in January 2012 — the first person to be charged under Canada's Security of Information Act, which was passed after the Sept. 11, 2001 terror attacks.


Read more: http://www.seattlepi.com/news/crime/arti...p#ixzz2KQr7WPlW