David McBride: Australian army whistleblower jailed for leaking documents
David McBride: Australian army whistleblower jailed for leaking documents
David McBride is the first Australian to be jailed over the war crimes allegations his disclosure helped expose.
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In communist China they jail anyone that is exposing the state of commiting war crimes
But he only exposed some specific soldiers right?(not the state) And why should china be the reference?
Carl marks is being sarcastic. A common anti-communist talking point is saying [communist country] is bad because they jail political dissidents when the west is just as willing
His comment missed this
He exposed the state by revealing info they covered it up.
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.
It seems he wasn't whistleblowing to expose the war crimes but because he felt troops were beyond overinvestigated!
That is absolutely fucking hilarious!