Whistleblower David McBride has pleaded guilty to three charges after an ACT supreme court upheld a commonwealth intervention to withhold key evidence it deemed as having the potential to jeopardise “the security and defence of Australia” if released.
The former military lawyer’s team suffered a blow on Thursday after they lost a legal bid to overturn a ruling by Justice Mossop preventing McBride from arguing he was fulfilling his duty to the public interest in releasing the classified documents.
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naevaTheRat@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 7 pts · 2y
I don't really care what the court says, this man is a hero and this is a gross injustice and a brilliant example of how law and morality are orthogonal.
min0nim@aussie.zone · 5 pts · 2y
This must be insanely frustrating. Only more the reason to have a decent suite of whistleblower protection laws.