David McBride: Australian army whistleblower jailed for leaking documents
David McBride: Australian army whistleblower jailed for leaking documents
David McBride pleaded guilty to stealing military secrets, but said he felt a moral duty to speak up.
David McBride pleaded guilty to stealing and sharing military secrets on the eve of his trial last year, after legal rulings sunk his defence.
An ex-military lawyer, McBride said he was felt a moral duty to speak up.
A landmark inquiry later found evidence that Australian forces had unlawfully killed 39 Afghans during the war.
McBride is the first person in Australia to be jailed over the war crimes allegations his leak helped expose.
The 60-year-old admits he gave troves of documents to the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC), saying he was concerned about the attitudes of commanders and what he then thought was the "over-investigation" of troops, the court heard.
The whistle blower protection laws are working exactly as intended. Protecting the government from whistle blowers.
It would look bad for a lot of governments if we knew what our militaries did. McBride's information looked bad for multiple governments so they all agreed to use him as an example.
Well, if you look into it, it's mostly the Aussies being used as extrajudicial kill teams for suspected terrorists. The direction of the units coming from American covert ops. Finally the Australian government looking the other way. Check out what boy boy or friendly jordies have to say about it. Sad state of journalism when you have to go to YouTube to find quality reporting on shit like this.
At least those soldiers who executed civilians and prisoners of war are in jail. They're in jail, right?
Well, one of Australia's high profile war criminals was punished with a cushy media executive job
Nah, they're just openly flexing about them on social media
This guy is a fucking legend. Straight up top bloke. You won't find someone of better integrity.
He was a military lawyer. He 100% knew he'd go to jail if lucky enough to not be suicided. He still did what was right to find justice for dead people he never knew.