HALIFAX – The federal Crown has consented to unsealing redacted versions of three search warrants used to obtain evidence against a navy intelligence officer who pleaded guilty last month to passing military secrets to Russia.

The application to obtain the warrants was made by the CBC.

A provincial court judge in Halifax ruled Thursday that vetted versions of the documents should be released but they weren’t immediately made available to all news outlets.

Sub-Lt. Jeffrey Paul Delisle pleaded guilty in October to passing information to a foreign entity and breach of trust for selling classified information from 2007 to 2012. He will be sentenced Jan. 10. Continue…