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David McBride pleaded guilty to stealing and sharing military secrets on the eve of his trial last year, after legal rulings sunk his defence.

An ex-military lawyer, McBride said he was felt a moral duty to speak up.

A landmark inquiry later found evidence that Australian forces had unlawfully killed 39 Afghans during the war.

McBride is the first person in Australia to be jailed over the war crimes allegations his leak helped expose.

The 60-year-old admits he gave troves of documents 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.

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 4 months ago

Well, if you look into it, it's mostly the Aussies being used as extrajudicial kill teams for suspected terrorists. The direction of the units coming from American covert ops. Finally the Australian government looking the other way. Check out what boy boy or friendly jordies have to say about it. Sad state of journalism when you have to go to YouTube to find quality reporting on shit like this.