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I told the truth about the Australian Defence Force’s unethical, harmful and highly politicised leadership which fostered a culture of impunity in Afghanistan. As my team and I continue to fight these unjust criminal charges, I am asking for your support!

You can support David's appeal here: https://chuffed.org/project/davidmcbride


(Edit) More information:

David McBride sent to prison | The West Report https://michaelwest.com.au/david-mcbride-sent-to-prison-the-west-report/

What Fate for David McBride? - with lawyer Eddie Lloyd | Consortium News https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Czj540q8YDQ

Michael West interviews McBride - https://michaelwest.com.au/david-mcbride-full-interview/

video by BoyBoy https://youtu.be/sYt4CxFfQUU?si=P_E2FLkKYMKRbHRT

video by friendlyjordies https://youtu.be/jdYYIVoCvsM?si=Nhc2Uxnj0kadKUIu

[Article] Afghan war crimes whistleblower David McBride sentenced to prison, by Michael West | May 14, 2024 https://michaelwest.com.au/whistleblower-david-mcbride-sentenced-to-jail/

[-] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago

obtaining and disseminating classified information is called investigative journalism...

[-] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago

yea, not to teaching people how to hack...

[-] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

The US did not really try to negotiate with the Taliban regime. The US just demanded the Taliban hand them over, then refused a quite reasonable condition to show some evidence that Al Qaeda was responsible for the attack.

At a news conference in Islamabad, the Taliban ambassador said he was sorry that people had died in the suicide attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon last week, but appealed to the United States not to endanger innocent people in a military retaliation.

"Our position on this is that if America has proof, we are ready for the trial of Osama bin Laden in light of the evidence."

Conflating a government or regime with an international terrorist organisation is the lie the propaganda told you to accept invading and occupying an impoverished foreign country that had just gone through a famine.

[-] [email protected] 6 points 2 days ago

That is not what Assange plead guilty to whatsoever.

[-] [email protected] 24 points 2 days ago

That teacher is a sore looser.

[-] [email protected] 4 points 2 days ago

If float away you likely will drown. Your floater will slowly loose air, or you'll loose it, or the waves will be too high and engulf you in the wrong moments, or you loose consciousness and breathe water. My contention is you're less likely to drown without floating devices as you'll consciously try to stay in the shallow parts of the beach. Especially if you're someone who couldn't swim. I believe this is why we only ever took the floaties to the pool.

[-] [email protected] 10 points 3 days ago

Learn a trade

[-] [email protected] 10 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

I was never allowed any floating device at the beach as a child. Because of the high risk of floating away. I'm so happy she surrived though.

[-] [email protected] 5 points 3 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

That is some twisted narrative the abc has been spinning about their own source.

If David hadn't wanted to expose the murders, he wouldn't have leaked evidence of it. What's more, he leaked evidence of their cover-up up to the highest ranks, which could be argued is he graver war-crime, since it fosters a culture of impunity.

It is true that David saw some soldiers, who served in Afghanistan the year after a lot of those murders took place, prosecuted unfairly, the way he saw it. He believes the Defence leadership were scape-goating these soldiers to be seen to be doing something about war crimes when in reality they continued the cover-up for the murderers. This flauting of command responsibility is the bigger story which the abc continues to ignore.

Edit: also, motive was never discussed during trial. Trial only ever got as far as pre-trial, where the justice ruled on the meaning of 'duty' (just follow your orders) and in a closed session allowed the govt to scoop away David's evidence, leading him to plead guilty.

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I told the truth about the Australian Defence Force’s unethical, harmful and highly politicised leadership which fostered a culture of impunity in Afghanistan. As my team and I continue to fight these unjust criminal charges, I am asking for your support!

You can support David's appeal here: https://chuffed.org/project/davidmcbride


(Edit) More information:

David McBride sent to prison | The West Report https://michaelwest.com.au/david-mcbride-sent-to-prison-the-west-report/

What Fate for David McBride? - with lawyer Eddie Lloyd | Consortium News https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Czj540q8YDQ

Michael West interviews McBride - https://michaelwest.com.au/david-mcbride-full-interview/

video by BoyBoy https://youtu.be/sYt4CxFfQUU?si=P_E2FLkKYMKRbHRT

video by friendlyjordies https://youtu.be/jdYYIVoCvsM?si=Nhc2Uxnj0kadKUIu

[Article] Afghan war crimes whistleblower David McBride sentenced to prison, by Michael West | May 14, 2024 https://michaelwest.com.au/whistleblower-david-mcbride-sentenced-to-jail/

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The judge's ruling can be read here: https://cryptome.org/2023/12/kunstler-v-cia-077.pdf

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More coverage on the case Kunstler vs CIA:

CIA Loses Bid to Throw Out Lawsuit for Violating Rights of Julian Assange’s Visitors at Ecuadorean Embassy: Case Sets Stage for Exposing CIA Clandestine Surveillance of Attorneys and Journalists https://www.laprogressive.com/law-and-the-justice-system/cia-slammed-for-violating-rights

Judge Rules Assange Visitors May Sue CIA For Allegedly Violating Privacy https://thedissenter.org/judge-assange-visitors-may-sue-cia-for-spying/

I'm personally not convinced that el-pais got the headline right unfortunately, unless they know something other journalists covering the case don't...

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