Australian whistleblower David McBride sentenced to six years in prison.
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« on: May 14, 2024, 11:24:41 PM »


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.
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« Reply #1 on: May 15, 2024, 09:40:48 AM »
Awful.
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« Reply #2 on: May 15, 2024, 11:14:03 AM »
Such is the regular fate of whistleblowers.

This is not good, but nor is it in any way new or unusual.
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« Reply #3 on: May 15, 2024, 11:16:14 AM »
Quote from: CumbrianLefty on May 15, 2024, 11:14:03 AM
Such is the regular fate of whistleblowers.

This is not good, but nor is it in any way new or unusual.
Indeed.
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« Reply #4 on: May 15, 2024, 11:27:18 AM »
Quote from: CumbrianLefty on May 15, 2024, 11:14:03 AM
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.
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« Reply #5 on: May 15, 2024, 07:01:00 PM »
Disgraceful. Whistle-blowers perform a valuable service to society.
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« Reply #6 on: May 15, 2024, 07:14:16 PM »


Pure dystopia. The only person who should be behind bars is Roberts-Smith, scum.
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« Reply #7 on: May 18, 2024, 06:25:53 AM »
As much as I usually respect Australia, this is disgusting.
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« Reply #8 on: May 18, 2024, 07:09:48 AM »
He only got 5 years in jail.

The extra 8 months were for wearing those glasses in a public place causing fear.
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« Reply #9 on: May 18, 2024, 01:21:10 PM »
Give him to the Taliban.
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« Reply #10 on: May 18, 2024, 10:20:23 PM »
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
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