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Wall Street Journal: Ray Boisvert

Washington Post Dept: The larger question, however, may be whether such Cold War-era tactics pose the greatest threat to the security of Canada and its allies. With The New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Washington Post and Twitter all reporting in recent days that they were the targets of cyberattacks from Chinese sources, a Canadian passing state secrets to a handler named Victor seems almost quaint, according to Globe and Mail. By combining SLt. Delisle s information with other intelligence, he explained, the Russians could uncover Western agents operating within their borders. In the past, such leaks have led to agents being executed. That said, Mr. Boisvert is confident that Canada s standing within the Five Eyes intelligence-sharing community which also includes the United States, Britain, Australia and New Zealand will remain secure. Other members have been compromised at one time or another by a Delisle-style betrayal and video: Canadian spy s confession: Every day since then, I die Ray Boisvert, who was the assistant director of intelligence for the Canadian Security Intelligence Service CSIS before retiring last year, wants to see the book thrown at Sub-Lieutenant Delisle. It will be years and years before all the negative impacts of this treachery will play themselves out, he said Sunday in an interview. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.