The cases of witness K and Bernard Collaery

[Dry Rot]

Sure, this Board has become moribund with Scott "Menzies" Morrison in power for the next 3 terms and a s**t ALP opposition.

But this fascist reporter raiding and human rights suppressing govt just keeps on getting worse with the cases of witness K and Bernard Collaery.

Fire up Politics Board!

I am astonished no-one has posted about this. It is utterly appalling.

 

[Howard Littlejohn]

As a contractor to a contractor to a contractor the public service, I'm not allowed to say anything except praise every move of the current government, under potential threat of being sacked.

 

[Norwegian Blue]

I have some sympathy for the lawyer. I have zero for Witness K. You don't get to join a secret organisation like ASIS, sign all the official secrets stuff, and then leak because you see/hear something you don't approve of.

 

[Gough]

As a contractor to a contractor to a contractor the public service, I'm not allowed to say anything except praise every move of the current government, under potential threat of being sacked.

You should convert to faith, under the proposed religous freedom act that will give you pretty much carte blanche to say what you like.

 

[AM]

Of course it's only other foreign powers who spy!!!!! The treatment of Bernard Collaery is a disgrace.

 

[Geelong_Sicko]

Plead guilty but spared imprisonment

Former Australian spy Witness K spared jail

A former spy has been handed a three-month suspended sentence for conspiring to reveal classified information about an alleged Australian operation to bug East Timor’s cabinet rooms.

www.theage.com.au

The former Australian spy known as Witness K has been handed a three-month suspended sentence for conspiring to reveal classified information about an alleged Australian operation to bug East Timor’s cabinet rooms during sensitive oil and gas treaty negotiations.

In a sentencing hearing in the ACT Magistrates Court on Friday, magistrate Glenn Theakston chose not to jail the former spy, who was obscured from the view of the courtroom behind a wall of black panels.

Witness K pleaded guilty to the charges on Thursday. He is now subject to a 12-month good behaviour bond...

Now get Witness K an Order of Australia medal. They saw governmental wrongdoing (outright theft more like) in the Timor Gap and decided at risk to themselves to make this known.

This is the stuff of heroes. Thiis is the sort of person we should all aspire to be.

 

[Gough]

Plead guilty but spared imprisonment



Now get Witness K an Order of Australia medal. They saw governmental wrongdoing (outright theft more like) in the Timor Gap and decided at risk to themselves to make this known.

This is the stuff of heroes. Thiis is the sort of person we should all aspire to be.

Yeah but what's left of John Howard's tattered reputation is still in tact.

 

[Geelong_Sicko]

Yeah but what's left of John Howard's tattered reputation is still in tact.

I know. And Alexander Downer didn't have even a mediocre reputation that could fall further, so he's bullet-proof. Nor George Brandis (who, as attorney-general at the time must have had some kind of oversight with regards to the bugging op). F*ckers.

 

[Dry Rot]

Australia has prosecuted a brave individual. People who speak up keep getting arrested

Australia has prosecuted a brave individual. People who speak up keep getting arrested | Kieran Pender

The Witness K trial has shown how our democracy should not work

www.theguardian.com

 

[Aristotle Pickett]

What a joke this is. Witness K now has a conviction for exposing state sponsored corruption.

 

[Deaneus!]

What a joke this is. Witness M now has a conviction for exposing state sponsored corruption.

not to be stupid but there’s an M too?

 

[Aristotle Pickett]

not to be stupid but there’s an M too?

K sorry, I've got fat fingers

 

[Deaneus!]

Sad that I thought the whole thing was even more corrupt than before

Felt easier than believing you might be a poor typist