A senior Mountie commander told the federal government that RCMP Commissioner William Elliott "disrupted" the federal government's billion-dollar security operation for the G8 and G20 summits - simply by showing up for the events.

"Despite being advised not to attend the summit command centres on June 25, 2010, the commissioner chose to attend, and in doing so, completely disrupted operations," Mike McDonell, then an RCMP assistant commissioner, wrote in a letter to Public Safety Minister Vic Toews.

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