An RCMP employee who worked under Cameron Ortis — the former high-ranking intelligence official accused of leaking information to police targets — says their unit was set up to brief senior leaders on national security threats but wasn't supposed to talk to those leading criminal investigations, says a transcript of his testimony.
The civilian member of the RCMP testified before the jury Monday but members of the public, including the media, were locked out of the courtroom. Much of Morris's testimony touched on what's known as the "intelligence-to-evidence" problem — the conflict between protecting secret information from open court and pursuing prosecutions related to terrorism and national security.RCMP investigator sees no 'lawful reason' why Ortis would have leaked information, jury hears
Morris told the jury the OR unit would look for other, unclassified information already in the hands of law enforcement."So, let's say this particular subject had been contacted before by police or had surfaced on the police attention or radar at some point in the past. There may be ways for us to find opportunities for the RCMP to take another look at this person without using the classified information.
RCMP intelligence reports entered into evidence during the trial show the RCMP was investigating those three men and their money services businesses for potential links to Altaf Khanani, an internationally-wanted man suspected of laundering money for terrorists.