Nuclear operator found not criminally responsible for leaking plant’s vulnerabilities online

A former Ontario Power Generation employee who posted a video on YouTube exposing a vulnerability of a nuclear power plant, while offering to provide sensitive information to international terrorists, has been found not criminally responsible of violating Canada’s laws against leaking state secrets.

Ontario Superior Court Justice Jill Cameron made the determination on Thursday in Oshawa after forensic psychiatrists for both the Crown and defence agreed that James Mousaly could not be held legally culpable. Mr. Mousaly, 38, had been facing a potential life sentence after he was charged under the rarely used Security of Information Act. The law prohibits the sharing of classified information, including inside knowledge of nuclear plants.

In an agreed statement of facts entered into evidence in court, the psychiatrists found that Mr. Mousaly suffers from bipolar disorder and has “grandiose delusions.”