The current leader of the RCMP was responsible for giving security clearances to one of the Councillors Stephen Harper high alumni with numerous criminal convictions.
CBC News has learned William Elliott, who served as national security adviser, the Office of the Privy Council in January 2006 was the official in charge of giving the green light to Bruce Carson working in the Office of the Prime Minister. The RCMP is currently probing allegations that Carson had participated in illegal lobbying.
Elliott, who was chosen by Harper to become the first civilian Commissioner of the Mounties in 2007, is resigning in the summer after a public and controversial reign battles with senior brass RCMP on his management style.
The Canadian Press reported earlier this week that Carson was sentenced to five counts of fraud - three more than ever before - and received the Court ordered psychiatric treatment prior to his hiring as Advisor to Harper.
Carson has worked in the Office of the Prime Minister until 2008. An investigation into the dealings of Carson by Aboriginal peoples television network led the PMO to call to the RCMP in March.
Several of the previous convictions of fraud and bankruptcy of Carson have surfaced in the press these days.
Office of the Prime Minister asked the RCMP to investigate Bruce Carson, seen here in an interview with CBC News last November. Carson is a former advisor to the Prime Minister. CBCHarper said that he knew that Carson had "difficulties with the law", there are many years, but he knew not on all of his beliefs and that he would not have hired him if he had known the full extent of his past legal troubles.
Opposition leaders were violently Harper on the hiring of Carson, examine how Carson, with its convictions, could enter the inner circle of the Prime Minister.
Carson lawyer told CBC News Monday that Carson was upfront about his convictions for fraud in a security control required.
Patrick McCann, who represented Carson during his legal troubles past and spoke to him Monday, said Carson did not demand of security clearance, but he remembers telling them everything.
Carson told the Canadian Press said that mentioning his criminal past in early 2006, to Ian Brodie Chief of staff of then Harper, when the application for customs clearance at the level Secret.
"" I remember going to him and say: for him, 'I' ve got complete these forms, "said Carson." "" You know that I have a past criminal. Should I go ahead and fill them out, or is this kind of the end? "He said:" no, go and fill them out ", and so I did. ?
Brodie told CBC News Tuesday night he had no involvement in the granting of security clearance of Carson and said only if the prospective employees "" received a rating or not because they may not be engaged until they are cleared. ""
Brodie said that he was never really a prospective employee security files.
"All I got was the Yes or nay", he said.
Brodie would say not if Elliott personally informed on security of Carson.
The PMO wrote to the Commissioner of the RCMP last month calling for the force to investigate Carson after a probe by the Aboriginal peoples television network alleged pressures 65 years of age may have illegally on the Federal Government on behalf of a corporation that his girlfrienda one-time escorts for 22 years.
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