I’d advise that you do some research before making claims like this
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downpunxx@fedia.io 4 months ago
tfw no one commenting on this story seems to point out the fact that david mcbride leaked military documents to prove that commanders were being too harsh on the troops, only to inadvertently expose actual war crimes, proving that the commanders were not only not being too harsh on the troops, but actively covering up their missdeeds, lol
sucks to suck, have a good time in the pokey, buddy
unionagainstdhmo@aussie.zone 4 months ago
downpunxx@fedia.io 4 months ago
Blow me.
BBC: "McBride, 60, admits he gave troves of document to the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC), saying he was concerned about the attitudes of commanders and what he then thought was the "over-investigation" of troops, the court heard.
But instead the information he provided underpinned a series of reports in 2017 called The Afghan Files, which gave unprecedented insight into the operations of Australia's elite special forces in Afghanistan, and contained allegations of war crimes."
unionagainstdhmo@aussie.zone 4 months ago
No you:
According to the affidavit, McBride wanted Australians to know that “Afghan civilians were being murdered and Australian military leaders were at the very least turning the other way and at worst tacitly approving this behaviour”.
He continued: “At the same time, soldiers were being improperly prosecuted as a smokescreen to cover [leadership’s] inaction and failure to hold reprehensible conduct to account.”
downpunxx@fedia.io 4 months ago
oh, HE said that once he got into trouble and needed a better defense than "whopps i was completely 100% percent wrong about why i exposed these highly sensitive national security documents, and now i need an excuse to stay out of prison"?
you don't say
"He believed the dossier he compiled would show the ADF's chain of command was so concerned about the perception of unlawful killings that they were scapegoating soldiers and undermining special forces' confidence to do their work.
Instead, ABC journalist Dan Oakes found they contained evidence that Australian forces had committed war crimes and lied to conceal them.
"The more I looked into it, I couldn't conceive how anyone would think these guys were being too tightly monitored. It was precisely the opposite," he recently told the Four Corners programme."
Zagorath@aussie.zone 4 months ago
Telling a mod of the community you’re in to “blow me”? Brave move.
unionagainstdhmo@aussie.zone 4 months ago
Not as bad as what they said to someone else in this thread, but I find it amusing how confidently incorrect they are quoting some BBC article (because the BBC would have the best idea as to what is going on in Australia).
pupbiru@aussie.zone 4 months ago
that wording is misleading at best. 2 things were true
- certain people were being overinvestigated in order to use resources so that others who were guilty of far larger crimes wouldn’t be investigated… that’s a VERY different thing
- he also thought that significant war crimes were going unpunished and uninvestigated
downpunxx@fedia.io 4 months ago
lol, no.
"He believed the dossier he compiled would show the ADF's chain of command was so concerned about the perception of unlawful killings that they were scapegoating soldiers and undermining special forces' confidence to do their work.
Instead, ABC journalist Dan Oakes found they contained evidence that Australian forces had committed war crimes and lied to conceal them.
"The more I looked into it, I couldn't conceive how anyone would think these guys were being too tightly monitored. It was precisely the opposite," he recently told the Four Corners programme."
yours is not what the ABC reporters, who were also under investigation for criminal security breach, and later had their investigation dropped, told the court were his intentions. what you wrote were his after the fact criminal defense strategy that he claimed were at the heart of why he leaked the documents.
the court found they were not, and that he was not entitled to whistleblower protection.
Ilandar@aussie.zone 4 months ago
McBride had been concerned about what he saw as systemic failures of the SAS commanders, and their inconsistency in dealing with the deaths of “non-combatants” in Afghanistan. In an affidavit, he said he saw the way frontline troops were being
improperly prosecuted […] to cover up [leadership] inaction, and the failure to hold reprehensible conduct to account.
He initially complained internally, but when nothing happened he decided to go public. In 2014 and 2015, McBride collected 235 military documents and gave them to the ABC. The documents included 207 classified as “secret” and others marked as cabinet papers.
downpunxx@fedia.io 4 months ago
yes, lol, that was his defense, but the court decided it wasn't his original intent, which is why they found him guilty, and not protected by whistleblower statute
muntedcrocodile@lemm.ee 4 months ago
Wow u sailed right past the point didn’t ya. Did u wave at it as it went over your head?
He leaked military documents cos innocent soldiers where being used as scape goats for other people committing war crimes. He didn’t want to see innocent people be punished for other peoples war crimes.
I would also like to point out the fact he was given a show trial where he wasn’t allowed to even use his evidence.
downpunxx@fedia.io 4 months ago
Blow me, you gaslighting bitch.
BBC: "McBride, 60, admits he gave troves of document to the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC), saying he was concerned about the attitudes of commanders and what he then thought was the "over-investigation" of troops, the court heard.
But instead the information he provided underpinned a series of reports in 2017 called The Afghan Files, which gave unprecedented insight into the operations of Australia's elite special forces in Afghanistan, and contained allegations of war crimes."
unexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.de 4 months ago
Yeah the point stands dumbass. “Over-investigation” of what he believed to be innocent troops.