| Hat tip Drudge. |
According prosecutors, the man had obtained a Canadian passport three times on the basis of his fake birth certificate A summary of evidence released by a federal court said the suspect was an "elite Russian intelligence officer" who masqueraded as a Canadian citizen to gather information "for over a decade both within Canada and abroad."
Good field craft.
Public Safety Minister Stockwell Day and Immigration Minister Monte Solberg authorized his arrest by issuing a security certificate. The rarely used procedure, launched in 1978, allows authorities to arrest and expel a foreigner deemed a threat to Canadian security. The certificate used to arrest Hampel was the first issued under the Conservative government led by Prime Minister Stephen Harper.