A major issue in Mr. Ortis’s trial is whether he in fact had authority to carry out the actions that he did, which involved contacting the subjects of international police investigations
His lawyer said Ortis will be limited in what he can share in his testimony, because his actions were the result of secret information communicated to him by a ‘foreign agency’
Todd Shean tells court that an RCMP intelligence unit called ‘operations research,’ formerly led by Ortis, took in information from domestic and international partners
Cameron Ortis, 51, is accused of attempting to leak highly classified information about ongoing investigations to four investigative targets, including suspected money launderers.