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The descent into criminality by the RCMP chief is shocking. Obviously, opportunities were there since the article points out poor controls and personnel review
by IG_Semmelweiss 6y ago
The descent into criminality by the RCMP chief is shocking.
Obviously, opportunities were there since the article points out poor controls and personnel reviews, but still, being that there are no clear motives established, its hard to fathom a chief going out of his way to make this breach happen for financial gains on the side.
The article remarked that his stint as a mole started 8 years into thr job (2015) - but there is no analysis on whether money mattered a bit more then than it did in 2019.
However, whenever the breach started, I assume it became difficult to unwind without compromising himself in the process.
Deeper analysis of his motives would make for a interesting read.
- akiselev 6y ago> It’s still an incomplete picture. Ortis stood at the top of his field, not struggling on the middle rungs. Why risk it all? In his book The Anatomy of a Spy: A History of Espionage and Betrayal, Michael Smith describes four main motivators for going rogue: lust, money, ideology, and revenge. Ortis fits awkwardly into those categories. This is journalistic negligence. They are obviously referring to MICE or MALICE which are mnemonics for analyzing motives in counterintelligence that stand for "Money, Ideology, Compromise, and Ego" and "Money, Anger, Lust, Ideology, Compromise, and Ego" respectively. The simplest explanation is "Ego" in this case, which is probably why the article went out of its way to point his self confidence bordering on arrogance, yet replaced it with "revenge" to leave an air of mystery. He likely just enjoyed playing James Bond with all the opsec and secrecy that goes into that. The reasons for betrayal like that are often the most banal.
- watwut 6y agoWhy is it hard to imagine? The opportunities are there. You get to know the right people. You are already dealing with risky smart acts that you have to be ok with.
- speeder 6y agoI wonder what is going on with RCMP... The mass shooter in Canada that happened recently, there are suspicions it was RCMP related too. (and RCMP itself did some weird shit during the shooting, like the cops shooting at firefighters O.o)