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?