Jean-Philippe Wispelaere

Jean-Philippe Wispelaere is a former intelligence analyst for the Australian Defence Intelligence Organisation. He was convicted of attempting to sell United States military secrets.

Career Wispelaere began his work at the DIO in July 1998, and had access to data which was provided to the DIO through Australia's treaties with the United States. In January the following year, Wispelaere quit his job and travelled to Bangkok, where he approached the embassy of a foreign country. According to various media, the country was identiefied to be Singapore. The Singaporean government informed Washington DC of the incident.

In May 2009, Attorney-General Robert McClelland granted preliminary approval for Wispelaere to return to Australia under the international prisoner transfer scheme.

As of 2012, it was reported that Wispelaere chose to go to Canada, where was he was born before he moved to Australia with his parents.