Was Canaris a British double agent?

Was Wilhelm Canaris a British double agent?

No. He appears here as a German patriot who tolerated useful misinformation while trying to manage the war toward his own goals.

The discussion rejects the simple claim that Canaris must have been a British double agent because he did not expose every false lead. Intelligence can be used to steer events toward an officer's preferred outcome. Canaris's purpose was to manage Germany's war and preserve the country as he understood it, whether or not every report was true. Admirals had long experience running intelligence organizations, and Hugh Sinclair and John Godfrey provide British comparisons. The passage treats intelligence leadership as a strategic campaign rather than a neutral process of collecting correct facts.