OTTAWA – Former senior RCMP intelligence official Cameron Ortis painted himself as a misunderstood hero during his trial, saying his leaking of classified information to suspected criminals was part of an ultra-secret mission from an unnamed foreign agency to lure them into using an email service. He said he began his ultra secret mission upon received “very compelling” information from a counterpart at a foreign agency in 2014 that “demonstrated clearly a direct and grave threat” to Canada. Monday, Germany-based Tuta strongly denied Ortis’ claims and said it is “wholly owned” by founders Arne Möhle and Matthias Pfau. “The Tutao GbmH is not owned by any secret service, nor is it a ‘storefront’ as claimed by Cameron Ortis,” reads the statement. He said he hatched his “intelligence operation”, called OR Nudge, following two calls from a counterpart at an unnamed foreign agency in 2014.

Source: National Post November 13, 2023 22:44 UTC