Down The Primrose Path

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Master Warrant Officer Matthew Shawn Robar was arrested last week and charged with passing highly sensitive government secrets to what court documents refer to as a “foreign entity.”

The government has not identified the foreign entity. But a source told The Globe and Mail earlier this week that the country MWO Robar is accused of providing information to is Ukraine.[…]

In exhibits presented in military court Monday and released to media Tuesday, prosecutors allege that MWO Robar shared with the foreign entity the full name and identity of a Canadian Armed Forces member who was engaged in covert intelligence and information-collection activities. He did not have approval of senior commanders to share the operative’s identity, documents presented in court say.

Information allegedly passed to the foreign entity also gave it leverage over Canada, which was used to make threats, the documents say.

Military prosecutors also allege that MWO Robar talked to the foreign entity about possibly working for their country’s foreign intelligence agency after he came under investigation in the fall of 2024.

“Through his continued work with the foreign intelligence service, they discussed future employment opportunities as a reward for facilitating the foreign entity’s interests,” the documents allege.

More: Canadian Forces member accused of espionage was in long dispute with military over disciplinary action

11 Replies to “Down The Primrose Path”

  1. Wow! Imagine that. Making threats to Canada!

    It is inconceivable that a nation would risk facing elbows-up scorn!

    1. “It is inconceivable that a nation would risk facing elbows-up scorn!”

      Or perhaps even the dreaded “sternly-worded letter”!

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  2. Why would China need to hire spies? Haven’t they already placed enough Chinese Communist Party members in the military, civil service, and Parliament?

  3. Highly sensitive Canadian government secrets?? Probably the location of the tampon dispensers in men’s washrooms.

  4. The picture says 1000 words. What an effing mess this guy is. He dresses this way for court. Obviously he’s on the spectrum and a potential furry. No military would have him… er… no real military would… well, … you know what I mean.

  5. 20 years in the Canadian Forces and you rise to the rank of Master Warrant Officer…is that normal?

  6. Information which Ukraine could use to make threats? Against whom, I wonder. I don’t see how Ukraine could possibly threaten Canada in any way. Whereas I can easily imagine they might be able to threaten certain Canadian Liberals very seriously indeed…

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