Defence whistleblower could plead guilty after appeal rejected
Defence whistleblower could plead guilty after appeal rejected
David McBride has lost his appeal to overturn a judge’s ruling he couldn’t argue he was duty-bound to disobey military orders, which could lead to a guilty plea.
Here’s some more coverage of days 3 and 4 of the McBride trial:
Day 4:
- Whistleblower David McBride loses bid to stave off trial over public interest defence https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/nov/16/whistleblower-david-mcbride-loses-bid-trial-public-interest-defence-act
- Duty bound to hide a crime. Appeals Court paves the way for McBride “guilty” verdict https://michaelwest.com.au/duty-bound-to-hide-a-crime-appeals-court-paves-the-way-for-mcbride-guilty-verdict/
- McBride Trial: Appeal Bid Rejected; Public Interest Still Denied https://consortiumnews.com/2023/11/16/mcbride-trial-appeal-bid-rejected-public-interest-still-denied/
Day 3:
- Commonwealth argues against handing more intel to whistleblower as trial delayed https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/whistleblower-s-trial-delayed-after-judge-rejects-he-was-duty-bound-to-leak-information-20231115-p5ek5c.html
- Whistleblower David McBride’s trial delayed slightly over key public interest argument https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/nov/15/whistleblower-david-mcbrides-trial-delayed-slightly-over-key-public-interest-argument
- Is the law is an ass? David McBride case takes another twist on day three https://michaelwest.com.au/the-law-is-an-ass-david-mcbride-case-takes-another-twist-on-day-three/
- David McBride Trial - Day Three - Consortium News https://www.youtube.com/live/ky7B1cckcjs
The Afghan Files, abc News reports that McBride is the source of (2017):
This is fucking shameful. War criminals walk free whilst people standing up for what's right get locked up. Our justice system makes a mockery of itself.
this is outrageous and no one in Australia gives a shit
Yes it is outrageous.
There a many in Australia who care about this a lot as is clear from the number of donors who raised funds for his legal defence. We need more people to talk about this. Buy his book The Nature of Honour, out this week and display it wherever you are. David will keep fighting from jail but we need to all fight for him. Talk to your MP. Demand the Attorney General intervene and drop this case.
I give many shits unfortunatly my governemt is heading down a dangerouse path.
UPDATE: David McBride has just plead guilty. https://twitter.com/CathyVoganSPK/status/1725373553011482853
this is saddenning
Friendly Jordies was literally the only place covering this. I should expect it to be all over ABC and SBS or is defamation law too scary?
Michael West is covering it too
Mate, come on, that’s not fair at all. Get your head out of your arse.
ABC have been covering this heaps. They broke the Afghan files story in the first place. Adele Furgheson has literally been writing articles about whistleblowers and David McBride for weeks in the lead up to this. Latest one from looking at the ABC website here: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-11-18/david-mcbride-guilty-plea-whistleblower-protection/103120544
Fairfax is also literally the news link at the top of the OP post here!
There are always excellent reports coming from the ABC & Fairfax with a quality of investigative work that FJ doesn’t even come close to matching. ABC & Fairfax may have their faults, but this is not one of them.