Halifax. Delisle's youngest daughter and two sons accompany him to Nova Scotia.

August 2011

Delisle joins HMCS Trinity, an intelligence facility at the naval dockyard in Halifax that tracks vessels entering and exiting Canadian waters via satellites, drones and underwater devices. The centre is a multinational base with access to secret data from NATO countries.

December 2011

Delisle's house is raided as part of the investigation by the military and the RCMP.

Jan. 13, 2012

According to the RCMP, this is the date that Delisle last breached a trust or communicated safeguarded information.

Jan. 14-15, 2012

Delisle is arrested by the RCMP. He is charged with breach of trust and communicating safeguarded information to a foreign entity without lawful authority. Delisle is the first person charged under Section 16(1) of the Security of Information Act.

Delisle isled out of a Halifax court on Jan. 16. (Andrew Vaughan/Canadian Press)

Delisle's neighbours in the Halifax suburb of Bedford told the Halifax Chronicle Herald that after his arrest, the woman and three children he was living with moved out of the family home.

"On Wednesday [Jan. 18], no cars were in the driveway, and blinds covered the windows," reported the Herald's Selena Ross. "Three bed frames and mattresses, including two single-sized children's beds, leaned against the side of the house."

Jan. 17, 2012

Delisle's lawyer, Cameron Keen, attends Delisle's bail hearing in Halifax and requests a delay in order to have more time to prepare, but Delisle does not appear. A hearing is set for Jan. 25. He is being held at the Central Nova Scotia Correctional Facility in Dartmouth, N.S.

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