Batman Folder, Chinese Diplomats and Nixed Charges: What the Ortis Jury Didn’t Hear

A jury has declared former RCMP intelligence official Cameron Jay Ortis guilty of disclosing secrets to targets of police interest in violation of the Security of Information Act. The verdict came after weeks of testimony from Mr. Ortis and current and former colleagues at the national police force. But there’s much more the jurors didn’t hear. A sworn statement filed in court, evidence from bail proceedings and a preliminary ruling from the presiding judge—all covered by publication bans until now—reveal that authorities were gravely worried about Mr. Ortis’s next steps. In the summer of 2019, Mr. Ortis was director general of the RCMP’s National Intelligence Co-ordination Centre, a unit that aimed to track emerging trends of interest to the force....