Whistleblower David McBride has pleaded guilty to three charges after an ACT supreme court upheld a commonwealth intervention to withhold key evidence it deemed as having the potential to jeopardise “the security and defence of Australia” if released.
The former military lawyer’s team suffered a blow on Thursday after they lost a legal bid to overturn a ruling by Justice Mossop preventing McBride from arguing he was fulfilling his duty to the public interest in releasing the classified documents.
This must be insanely frustrating. Only more the reason to have a decent suite of whistleblower protection laws.
I don’t really care what the court says, this man is a hero and this is a gross injustice and a brilliant example of how law and morality are orthogonal.
