Navy officer pleads guilty to spying

Sub-Lt. Jeffrey Paul Delisle pleaded guilty this morning to spy charges, a surprise move made before his preliminary hearing in a Halifax court.

The intelligence officer with the Canadian Forces was charged with breach of trust and two counts of passing information to a foreign entity.

Evidence presented in a bail hearing suggests he volunteered information to Russia.

Delisle's preliminary hearing was scheduled to start Wednesday morning, but the lawyer told the judge his client would plead guilty to all three charges.

Delisle, 41, is alleged to have given or sold information to a foreign entity between July 2007 and Jan. 13, 2011, in Ottawa and Kingston, Ont., and Halifax and Bedford, N.S., where he lived.

The judge asked Delisle, "Do you understand the charges?" and he nodded yes, reports the CBC's Stephen Puddicombe.

He wore the same grey-blue hoodie and jeans he has worn to all his court appearances since his arrest.

After Delisle entered his plea, it was determined that his sentencing hearing will be Jan. 10 and 11.

5 years to life in prison a possibility

The Security of Information Act lays out an array of breaches, ranging from threatening the safety of the Forces to selling software and the technical details of operations.

The Criminal Code charge can net a five-year prison sentence, and convictions under the Security of Information Act can lead to life in prison.

Delisle was posted to the security unit HMCS Trinity, an intelligence facility at the naval dockyard in Halifax. It tracks vessels entering and exiting Canadian waters via satellites, drones and underwater devices. The centre is a multinational base with access to secret data from NATO countries.

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