June 13 and then put over again to July 4. Delisle's lawyer said he did not have full disclosure from the Crown.

July 4, 2012

Delisle's lawyer, Mike Taylor, requests more time to review documents, of which he said there are thousands. He is granted two more weeks.

July 17, 2012

Delisle elects to have his case heard in front of a judge and jury in Nova Scotia Supreme Court.

July 18, 2012

The court sets Oct. 10 as Delisle's preliminary hearing date.

Oct. 10, 2012

In a surprise move, the intelligence officer pleads guilty in a Halifax court to breach of trust and two counts of passing information to a foreign entity between July 2007 and Jan. 13, 2011, in Ottawa and Kingston, Ont., and Halifax and Bedford, N.S., where he lived.

Jan. 31, 2013

Deslisle's sentencinghearing begins in a Nova Scotia provincial court. The Security of Information Act lays out an array of breaches, ranging from threatening the safety of the Forces to selling software and the technical details of operations. The Criminal Code charge can net a five-year prison sentence, and convictions under the Security of Information Act can lead to life in prison.

Feb. 8, 2013

Nova Scotia court Judge Patrick Curran sentences Delisle to 20 years in prison for "coldly and rationally" selling secrets to Russia. Delisle will spend 18 years and five months in jail, because of time he has already served. The defence had asked for a nine to 10-year sentence, while the Crown had a sought a 20-year sentence.