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If the big RCMP case against accused terrorism financier and star recruiter Awso Peshdary ever gets to trial, the credibility of the Mounties’ star witness — a paid agent — will be severely tested.

And it should come as no surprise to the RCMP. That’s because the Canadian Security Intelligence Service assessed Abdullah Milton, the prized agent, two years before he was paid at least $700,000 to infiltrate an Ottawa terrorism network linked to Peshdary.

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The assessment concluded Milton was parasitic and psychopathic.

CSIS first approached Milton back in January 2011 and he was later assessed for reliability in two interviews in 2012. Milton, now 39, was first interviewed on Oct. 30, 2012 for three hours, then again on Oct. 31, 2012 for five hours. Beyond the interviews, government agents also investigated his private life.

The Muslim convert, on welfare and teetering on bankruptcy at the time, went on to become a CSIS asset before working for the RCMP.