Now in Defence minister’s office, former reporter Cudmore in ‘awkward situation’ as RCMP investigates cabinet leak, his story

Experts say as increasing numbers of journalists cross over into other lines of work, the ethical dilemmas they face are something that should be addressed.
Former CBC journalist James Cudmore—seen here in 2009 in a scrum speaking with Dimitri Soudas, former spokesman for prime minister Stephen Harper—is now the director of policy for Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan.
James Cudmore finds himself in a “unique position” and “awkward situation” as a staffer in the office of the Defence minister but, as a former journalist, haven broken a story, shortly before his job changed, that’s prompted the government to call in the RCMP to investigate how the story g...

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