Three federal bureaucrats stripped of security clearances since 2017 for alleged spying

Losing security clearance for allegedly spying or acting on behalf of a foreign government doesn’t mean an individual has committed a crime, notes professor Christian Leuprecht.

At least 308 civil servants have lost their security clearance for a variety of reasons since the beginning of 2016, of whom 121 were from Public Services and Procurement Canada. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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BY NEIL MOSS

April 5, 2023

Over the last six years, at least three public servants have had their security clearance revoked due to allegedly spying or acting on behalf of a foreign government, including two in 2019 and one in 2017.

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