Tag: David McBride

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Richard Marles concealed war crimes report, denying justice for David McBride – Michael West

Whistleblower

Et tu, Mark Dreyfus

If Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus’ refusal to drop the McBride prosecution wasn’t bad enough, his cabinet colleague Marles’ concealment of the Afghanistan oversight report is a new low for the Albanese government.

Not only does Marles’ repeated defiance of Senate orders based on non-existent “advice” constitute contempt of Parliament, his obfuscation to the Royal Commission shows a similarly contemptuous attitude towards the ultimate avenue of government transparency available under the Australian democratic model.

All this with the aim of perverting the outcome of a criminal trial that jailed the only person yet to be held accountable for Afghanistan war crimes – the whistleblower.

McBride’s lawyer, Mark Davis, announced an appeal against Mossop’s rulings “on the meaning of duty” moments after his client was marched out of court to jail. According to Davis, “This is an issue of national importance, indeed international importance, that a Western nation has such a narrow definition of duty.”

We can only speculate at this stage what role the Defence Minister’s handling of the Afghanistan war crimes oversight report might play in that appeal.

 

Source: Richard Marles concealed war crimes report, denying justice for David McBride – Michael West

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Do a soldier’s orders trump a lawyer’s public duty? David McBride sentencing reserved – Michael West

David McBride sentencing hearing

He believed what he was doing was lawful because he was acting in the public interest.

Source: Do a soldier’s orders trump a lawyer’s public duty? David McBride sentencing reserved – Michael West

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Whistleblower

Whistleblower David McBride forced to cut a deal, and plead guilty to 3 of the 5 charges, for exposing war crimesKangaroo Court of Australia

David McBride

Government Secrets we didn’t vote for

David McBride pleaded guilty to 3 of his 5 charges after cutting a deal with the prosecutors to end his trial. David McBride didn’t have much choice but to plead guilty given the federal governments failure to protect whistleblowers and the court whittled away his defence over the last few days.

Source: Whistleblower David McBride forced to cut a deal, and plead guilty to 3 of the 5 charges, for exposing war crimesKangaroo Court of Australia

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Duty bound to hide a crime. Appeals Court paves the way for McBride “guilty” verdict – Michael West

Duty bound to hide a crime. Appeals Court paves the way for McBride “guilty” verdict

David McBride was not given leave to appeal the decision made yesterday about the nature of his duties. It means Justice Mossop’s decision stands, and his duty is to the military chain of command, and only that.

Source: Duty bound to hide a crime. Appeals Court paves the way for McBride “guilty” verdict – Michael West

It seems the law of the day guarantees all authority flows from the top down and it’s been cemented in law.”Duty is to the chain of command and not to any notion of public interest.” This seems very odd when we give lip service to the belief that the individual is more important than the State in a Liberal Democracy. That, the silent but mutual contracts between them overrides any notion of a “big brother”. Hello, is this Nth Korea? Is David McBride Julian Assange?

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David McBride facing life sentence as war criminals go unpunished

The whistleblower of Australian war crimes in Afghanistan is facing life in prison for exposing the truth, while the perpetrators remain free. Dr John Jiggens reports.

Source: David McBride facing life sentence as war criminals go unpunished

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David McBride should be protected, not prosecuted

It seems the Americans aren’t the only ones who hated Julian and are proving this by attacking whistleblowers and denying any public interest needs. Revealing the disgusting truth it seems is too harmful than maintaining a disgusting lie

McBride blew the whistle on the Australian Defence Force’s (ADF) alleged war crimes in Afghanistan in 2016. He disclosed classified information to journalists, which later led to the Brereton report and he remains the only person charged in relation to this inquiry.

Source: David McBride should be protected, not prosecuted