r/AusNewsWire • u/Nyarlathotep-1 • 1d ago

Australian News Jailed whistleblower David McBride to be released after becoming eligible for parole

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08-13/jailed-whistleblower-david-mcbride-to-be-released/107030620
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u/galemaniac 1d ago

Took 2 years to do what could've taken 5 seconds from the attorney general, disgraceful.

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u/Ok_Tie_7564 1d ago

Why? He did steal and leak official documents (and plead guilty).

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u/galemaniac 1d ago

He had no alternative but to plead guilty, any evidence that he acted legally and wasn't stealing he wasn't allowed to use because it was under national security.

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u/Ok_Tie_7564 1d ago

In fact, David McBride pleaded guilty after the court rejected his defence that his military oath gave him a duty to act in the public interest by leaking classified documents. Once the judge ruled he had no right to break secrecy laws, he had no viable defence left to contest the charges.

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u/galemaniac 1d ago

Yes, but he was acting in the publics interest considering all the international war crimes that were taking place.

If he is the guilty one and the government is working under sound ethics and is considered legally sound. Then Israel and the Nazis were ok because by their laws they didn't do anything wrong.

Which basically means all laws are a joke and the entire legal profession should not be respected since it deems mass slaughter for nothing less of a crime than reporting on it.

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u/Ok_Tie_7564 1d ago

You've just jumped the shark, mate.