A non-commissioned member of the Canadian military intelligence branch has been charged with passing classified information to a “foreign entity,” the Department of National Defence revealed late Thursday.

Master Warrant Officer Matthew Robar was arrested by military police and faces eight charges under the National Defence Act.

He’s accused of — among other things — communicating “special operational information” and breach of trust, according to a statement issued by the Defence Department.

The statement does not name the foreign entity.

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    3 months ago

    Intelligence does seem like the white-collar kind of thing which might be left to fancy degreed officers.

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      2 months ago

      I was thinking about things like repairing recorders, PCs, pulling cables, general office work, etc. Not so much analysis or operational decisions.

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        2 months ago

        And then you can be promoted to chief cable-puller, valued for your expert knowledge of how wartime cables are pulled, I guess?