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"Sharing classified documents...". That's a very complicated issue. If those documents put (innocent) people and national safety in risk he is in a very hard to
by marcodiego 2y ago
"Sharing classified documents...". That's a very complicated issue. If those documents put (innocent) people and national safety in risk he is in a very hard to defend position.
- yareal 2y agoHmmmm which innocent people and whose national safety? The way I recall leaks from the US in Iraq and Afghanistan, the leaks typically depicted the U.S. killing or torturing innocent people. Sure, it's plausible they might have made some soldiers less safe. But innocence is not so cut and dry. You can't only look from one perspective and see the whole picture.
- thriftwy 2y agoHowever, if these documents' contents put the nation in shame then it's going to stick regardless of the verdict.
- Aeolun 2y agoI mean, he presumably wasn’t sharing them with the enemy. National security is not at risk from the action of sharing documents an sich.
- hugh-avherald 2y agoHere's the actual judgment, including the particulars of the offence. https://www.courts.act.gov.au/supreme/judgments/r-v-mcbride-no-4 https://www.courts.act.gov.au/supreme/judgments/r-v-mcbride-...
- carlosjobim 2y agoWhy do you speculate? The case has been all over the news for months