In a first-of-its-kind appeal, Cameron Ortis — the former RCMP intelligence official sentenced to 14 years for leaking secret information to police targets — is seeking acquittal, arguing that he didn’t get a fair trial.
A jury found the former intelligence director guilty on all six charges against him in November, including four violations of the Security of Information Act. The Crown argued Ortis used his position in the RCMP to try to sell secret information to police targets.
His case was the first successful conviction under the national security law.
It was a highly unusual trial, with multiple witnesses — including Ortis — testifying behind
