Australian whistleblower David McBride sentenced to six years in prison.

[MyLifeIsYours]

https://twitter.com/MintPressNews/status/1790427112312033566

Australia imprisoning patriots who dare expose the dirty secrets behind the military actions in Afghanstain. Every day, western governments are abandoning the principles of liberty in place of mindless obedience to the state. This should be outrageous to all concerned with how governments treat dissects that expose the inner workings of the government. We should all be condemning the ruling and petition Australia to free McBride.

[President Punxsutawney Phil]

Awful.

[CumbrianLefty]

Such is the regular fate of whistleblowers.

This is not good, but nor is it in any way new or unusual.

[President Punxsutawney Phil]

Such is the regular fate of whistleblowers.

This is not good, but nor is it in any way new or unusual.

Indeed.

[MyLifeIsYours]

Such is the regular fate of whistleblowers.

This is not good, but nor is it in any way new or unusual.

Absolutely true. We still need to protect such people from being punished by the government.

[GoTfan]

Disgraceful. Whistle-blowers perform a valuable service to society.

[No War, but the War on Christmas]

Pure dystopia. The only person who should be behind bars is Roberts-Smith, scum.

[SnowLabrador]

As much as I usually respect Australia, this is disgusting.

[Meclazine for Israel]

He only got 5 years in jail.

The extra 8 months were for wearing those glasses in a public place causing fear.

[TechbroMBA]

Give him to the Taliban.

[AtorBoltox]

It's important to note that McBride's motives for leaking the information, as conceded by his own lawyers in court,  was not to 'expose the crimes,' but because he believed the soldiers had done nothing wrong and were being unfairly investigated. This is the slant he went to the ABC with, who upon receiving the material realized that no, actually the soldiers had committed serious war crimes. I'm not entirely comfortable with his prison sentence, but honesty is important. He wasn't trying to bring the truth to light but rather derail active investigations

[CumbrianLefty]

Ah did not know that, genuinely interesting.

[GoTfan]

It's important to note that McBride's motives for leaking the information, as conceded by his own lawyers in court,  was not to 'expose the crimes,' but because he believed the soldiers had done nothing wrong and were being unfairly investigated. This is the slant he went to the ABC with, who upon receiving the material realized that no, actually the soldiers had committed serious war crimes. I'm not entirely comfortable with his prison sentence, but honesty is important. He wasn't trying to bring the truth to light but rather derail active investigations

And yet still revealed valuable information.

[AtorBoltox]

It's important to note that McBride's motives for leaking the information, as conceded by his own lawyers in court,  was not to 'expose the crimes,' but because he believed the soldiers had done nothing wrong and were being unfairly investigated. This is the slant he went to the ABC with, who upon receiving the material realized that no, actually the soldiers had committed serious war crimes. I'm not entirely comfortable with his prison sentence, but honesty is important. He wasn't trying to bring the truth to light but rather derail active investigations

And yet still revealed valuable information.

Yes, which is why I said I'm uncomfortable with this prison sentence. His actions ended up being good, but his motives weren't. He's a whistleblower by accident but still probably deserves protections

[Silent Hunter]

Has this leak enhanced or impeded a criminal investigation?