Jeffrey Paul Delisle was born on March 30,1971 and was a former sub-lieutenant in the Royal Canadian Navy who passed sensitive information from the top-secret STONEGHOST intelligence sharing network to the Russian spy agency GRU.
19 Facts About Jeffrey Delisle
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At court in October 2012, Jeffrey Delisle pleaded guilty to breach of trust and two counts of passing secret information to a foreign entity, contrary to the Security of Information Act.
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Jeffrey Delisle was sentenced to 20 years in penitentiary, minus time served, by the Chief Judge of the Provincial Court of Nova Scotia on February 8,2013.
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On February 13,2013, the Department of National Defence announced that Jeffrey Delisle had been stripped of his commission and service decorations and been released under Item 1, the notation "Dismissed with Disgrace for Misconduct" or "Dismissed for Misconduct".
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On May 3,1997, Jeffrey Delisle married Jennifer Lee Janes in Lower Sackville, Nova Scotia.
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Jeffrey Delisle served as a naval threat assessment analyst for the Royal Canadian Navy.
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Jeffrey Delisle initially joined as a reservist in January 1996, enrolling as a regular member in March 2001.
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In October 2001, Jeffrey Delisle completed a leadership course and became a Master Corporal.
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Jeffrey Delisle received his commission as a Sub-Lieutenant in July 2008.
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In September 2010, Jeffrey Delisle graduated from Royal Military College with a Bachelor of Arts.
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In July 2007, Jeffrey Delisle walked into the Embassy of Russia in Ottawa and offered to sell secret information to the Russian military intelligence service.
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Jeffrey Delisle's activities were particularly damaging due to his access to the Stone Ghost database of intelligence shared between Canada, the United States, the United Kingdom, Australia and New Zealand.
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Jeffrey Delisle has blamed his espionage activities on his marital problems, rather than financial need.
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Jeffrey Delisle entered the Russian embassy the day he discovered his wife was having an affair.
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The investigation into Jeffrey Delisle was triggered by a tip from the US Federal Bureau of Investigation on December 2,2011.
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Jeffrey Delisle had previously been stopped by Canada Border Services Agency agents at Halifax airport in September 2011 after returning from a trip to Brazil to meet his GRU handler, carrying a large amount of cash and prepaid credit cards.
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In May 2013, The Canadian Press reported that Canadian Security Intelligence Service had been aware of Jeffrey Delisle's spying well before the FBI tip, but failed to contact the Royal Canadian Mounted Police.
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On February 8,2013, Jeffrey Delisle was sentenced to 20 years in prison.
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On February 13,2013, it was announced by DND that Jeffrey Delisle had been stripped of his commission and service decorations and been dishonourably discharged.