Whistleblower David McBride declares ‘today I serve my country’ as trial starts over alleged leaking of war crime documents

Submitted ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩ by ⁨SLfgb@feddit.nl⁩ to ⁨australia@aussie.zone⁩

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/nov/13/whistleblower-david-mcbride-court-trial-alleged-australia-war-crimes-defence-leaks

cross-posted from: feddit.nl/post/6339559

Here’s some more coverage of the first 2 days of the McBride trial:

David McBride trial: soldiers shouldn’t be guided by public interest, commonwealth says theguardian.com/…/david-mcbride-trial-soldiers-sh…

McBride Trial Tests Australian Justice consortiumnews.com/…/mcbride-trial-tests-australi…

McBride Trial: A Soldier’s Duty consortiumnews.com/…/mcbride-trial-a-soldiers-dut…

Whistleblower McBride in court for exposing war crimes, supported by “War Coalition” …com.au/whistleblower-mcbride-in-court-for-exposi…

Bloody Oath! McBride case – does a officer lawyer’s public duty trump his military duty? …com.au/bloody-oath-the-mcbride-case-to-hinge-on-…

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unionagainstdhmo@aussie.zone ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
Meanwhile I wonder what the alleged war criminals are doing

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- SLfgb@feddit.nl ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  Lounging at the beach?
  
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  - unionagainstdhmo@aussie.zone ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    Probably there sharing a beer in a prosthetic leg
    
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Fluid@aussie.zone ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
Insane that it has come to this, especially under this government. Shame on the lot of them.

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autotldr@lemmings.world [bot] ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
This is the best summary I could come up with:

David McBride has declared “today I serve my country” as he entered an ACT court to face trial for the alleged leaking of material later used to expose Australian war crimes in Afghanistan.

McBride faces five charges, including the unauthorised disclosure of information, breaches of the Defence Act and the theft of commonwealth property.

The former military lawyer, who is represented by leading criminal law barrister Stephen Odgers SC, has pleaded not guilty.

McBride spoke briefly to the crowd as he entered the court with his support dog, Jakey, who will stay beside him during the proceedings.

McBride allegedly leaked material to the ABC about the investigation of Australian special forces operating in Afghanistan.

Commonwealth prosecutors, led by Trish McDonald SC, argue McBride’s role within the Australian Defence Force, and the military disciplinary system he was operating within, imposed a duty on him not to disclose the material.

The original article contains 506 words, the summary contains 148 words. Saved 71%. I’m a bot and I’m open source!

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- SLfgb@feddit.nl ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  This summary misses a key point:
  
  McBride’s defence says he had a separate duty to act in the public interest
  
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