ADF Whistleblower David McBride Sentenced To Jail

Whistleblower David McBride has been sentenced to five years and eight months in jail after he pleaded guilty to leaking military documents to the ABC known as 'The Afghan Files'.
David's former wife, Sarah McBride, joins us.
#DavidMcBride #ADF #TheAfghanFiles

[@DT-ml7ob]

About time someone finally broke a gag order to tell the truth. Disgusting this hero is being treated as a criminal.

[@Bquite........................]

To Australian citizens he is a hero. To the Australian Government, he is an enemy. Non disclosure of illegal activity regardless of established authorities is obstruction of justice. Here we have supposed impartial court blinded by bias. The law in of itself is illegal.

[@caperbabylone]

Well said.

[@bradlewis6514]

Agree 110%! This sentence is an absolute travesty and shows the Australian court system is as much of a joke as ours here in America! Being punished for exposing the truth shows McBride as a real human being and not a fake! The Fakes (Australian govt included), whether it's here in America or anywhere, will do anything (measure) possible to prevent their crimes from being exposed! And since McBride did the right thing the courts in Australia showed how little they care in regards to the victims of the crimes he was making known! But it's also further proof as to how coddled perpetrators are as opposed to the victim! To me David McBride did exactly what he should have!

[@needbettername8583]

Wow, the Aistralian government literally threw one of its own soldiers in jail because America told it to. This is just sad.

[@sonjakozman1699]

Corporate donations, get rid of it, then blackrock will find it harder to buy our governments

[@EspionageCourt]

I don’t think America had anything to do with this case.

[@needbettername8583]

@EspionageCourt Look into the case man, it did.

[@sonjakozman1699]

@@EspionageCourt the US military industrial complex absolutely the beneficiary of this outcome. Just a coincidence then.

[@darkhorseman8263]

They didn't want America to do to us during the Constitutional Crisis again.

[@Bquite........................]

THE AUSTRALIAN GOVERNMENT IS NOT ABOVE THE LAW

[@user-hf5ti8ce7q]

Agreed. Why should we obey the law if they won’t. This is also biblical.

[@sonjakozman1699]

The courts are compromised

[@christophera556]

@user-hf5ti8ce7q the problem is the pollies and the wealthy elite have set the legal system up to suit them as for this David McBride character after he is in jail most people will forget about him in a few weeks.

[@j.kapiris]

It makes the laws so it is above the law

[@chrislevita12]

Ashamed of the AU government

[@michaelh5407]

new low in Australia, i have never been more ashamed to call myself an aussie

[@farqsideways5679]

You could renounce you citizenship & leave

[@jaci_mac23]

​@farqsideways5679 or we could demand better from our gvmt?

[@farqsideways5679]

@@jaci_mac23 as we should expect more from our government, but not at the expense of our armed service.

[@waik.7040]

​@@farqsideways5679expense of whole armed service, or expense of a few "killing for fun axxholes" in the military ?

[@zidane456]

​@@waik.7040yeah he didn't answer that question. What a surprise.

[@Crushsmul]

They dont like being exposed! Criminals jail the truth speakers!

[@turbyoulance]

Kangaroo Court

[@thetreekeeper143]

Was it snowden that said "when exposing a crime is being treated as a crime, you are dealing with criminals"

[@Therussianthreat]

Pardon him.

[@Ninsidhe]

Way to go to prove to the Australian public that the perception of Australian govt as nothing more than a corrupt institution beyond redemption. Our politics is broken and politicians are doing nothing but serving themselves.

[@Bquite........................]

The local councils carry out pest control killing innocent insects birds and wildlife the police don't arrest them either. So yeh the system is corrupt.

[@redlotus5901]

Imagine IMAGINE going to jail for exposing the bloody truth. Absolutely disgusting

[@90taetaeya]

Funny how all the Australia media accounts closed the comments section

[@darkhorseman8263]

The Australian government has deliberately misengineered defamation laws so they can be used as a censorship regime, after they got thwarted via other legal pathways.

[@aflairforthedramatics]

Not really. Many of them don’t allow comments most of the time.

[@90taetaeya]

@@aflairforthedramaticsso much for a country that claims to have freedom of expression

[@1949cr]

And we are strangely all puzzled by how the UK and USA have treated WikiLeaks. Looks like we have the same value system in govts of every feather.

[@Bquite........................]

What happened to the politician that committed treason? They gave him a golden parachute and victoria cross..

[@tlb2970]

What hope does Assange have for freedom

[@DownunderGraham]

The lack of political support from either Liberal or Labor is shameful. It is one of the reason our family is switching away from either to the independents or even the Greens as a better choice than parties that just protect their own and the party at all costs.

[@darkhorseman8263]

Both the LNP and Labor plan a censorship regime, so we don't even know about stories like this. They are starting with the soft sell of 'we need this to protect our children' They literally plan to censor the entire internet.

[@Bquite........................]

SAME INTEREST THAT PASSED THE LAW ESTABLISHED THE COURT

[@osmanh9394]

Come on, Australia! It's a crime against humanity to imprison an innocent person for speaking the truth.

[@Bquite........................]

AMAZING WHAT FOREIGN GOVERNMENT GET AWAY WITH EVEN THE COURTS ARE AFRAID OF THEM

[@sonjakozman1699]

Australians are so apathetic or divided that they don't care about rights to free speech or protecting those who expose war crimes

[@BIBIWCICC]

Truly a sad day for Aus Judiciary, clearly it’s controlled by the government and not a free independent body.

[@sonjakozman1699]

Absolutely controlled by blackrock and vanguard, who own the companies that donate to ALP AND LNP

[@thassanbd]

The conviction of David McBride, who courageously exposed alleged war crimes, calls for immediate attention; his imprisonment is a stark reminder of the need to protect whistleblowers who act in the public interest. It is imperative that we advocate for his freedom, ensuring that those who speak the truth are not silenced but celebrated for their integrity

[@ceeemm1901]

“In a time of deceit telling the truth is a revolutionary act.”

[@robertsykes6309]

This country just keeps serving up one disappointment after another. I am sick of it.

[@nurygordillo3267]

How terrible - to be punished for doing the right thing.

[@catto66]

Funny how our government media and NGOs keep criticising countries like China and Russia yet I wonder if they can name something that their governments do that ours don’t

[@Cyberlog1]

There are two types of justices; one for legalising and justifying horrific war crimes and the other for the rich and powerful who act above the law!!

[@Kino219]

Same as Julian assange - report the crimes of others and you go to jail not them.

[@christinarose3002]

It’s so disgusting.

[@bigphinis675]

This is so WRONG, how can justice fail so terribly against David in this way. He is going to jail like a criminal when he should be getting the Australian of the Year honour. He is the type of moral and decent person we wish our children will be when they become adults. Can King Charles do something useful and free David?

[@Peter-ge9oi]

GOVERNMENT : We want the whistle blowers to come forward with confidence. As long as it suits the narrative

[@socks4639]

This is absolutely disgusting.

[@multioptioned]

Allow comments on this story but not Bruce Lehrmann or domestic violence...etc etc Selective censorship is still censorship.

[@sonjakozman1699]

Absolutely, I'm shocked they have allowed comments on this

[@katerinak4164]

Shame to put in jail the one that reveals the crimes and not the criminals. I didn't expect anything better from Australia. Think of Julian Assange.

[@thalesofmiletus2966]

The rules based order showing the rest of the world how it is done.

[@challanger275]

Appalling

[@user-vk1wy5xe9i]

But the Australian War criminals, Australian Military machine, go on with impunity 🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬

[@alexnikiforov2042]

Absolutely disgusting.

[@INTENSIVECAREATHOME]

Outrageous

[@whateverWM]

Sad.

[@LastNameInTown]

OBEY!? This is not what diggers died for.. SHAME!!!!!!!!!!

[@chambersbenjo]

Appalling. Free this man.

[@cyndigooch1162]

This is absolutely terrible and I really hope David and his wife and children, not to mention their precious dog, will be okay! 😥

[@janetch7384]

travesty of justice

[@skills.everything]

reveling evil is a crime in this era

[@shahnazm2981]

He is superhero of truth and demcracy for all Australians

[@thepetridish9380]

ADF .....shamefull, ... terrible!

[@psbutler1]

Stay strong David.

[@samirayounan1664]

Unfortunately there is soldiers who cannot handle seeing killing kids old people women innocent exactly what happened in Iraq but the truth will always come out. You cannot hide. God is great when you goto war Afghanistan, there’s nothing to do with Australia. Afghanistan did not attack us so why are you doing all this silly things to the people?

[@christophera556]

samirayounan 1664 if you think the truth will eventually come out well don't be surprised if it doesn't and even if it does expect to wait years possibly even decades. The system has been over years been set up to protect the pollies the wealthy elite and of course our relationship with the United States, the pollies and their wealthy friends have armies of lawyers to protect themselves for decades so I wouldn't be holding my breath for change anytime soon if you are hoping for change well expect to be a lot older and greyer by the time it might happen.

[@aflairforthedramatics]

@@christophera556so become a politician and change it! Can’t believe how many people whine about politicians like it’s not a job that literally any citizen can run for!

[@christophera556]

@aflairforthedramatics to become a politician well firstly a person needs connections with you guessed it a political party so their in itself is the problem the major political parties are very much tied to the yanks they have way too much tied up with the US to accept someone who would want to change the system. Then there are the few independents like Andrew Wilkie who is at the end of the day a one man band so the two major political parties just push back bigtime as for people winging about pollies well that ain't going to change so the shitshow keeps on going.

[@TheIlias333]

McBride is a real living Angel walking /living on earth !!! Shocking!!! Sad!!!

[@bernadettebecher5668]

Disgusted in our Govt!!!

[@atheistdingo6273]

wow, just wow.

[@jsyo9639]

Little Johny is a criminal

[@terrencebushell9588]

Yeah him and Bush should be in jail for the millions of deaths they caused in the middle east based on complete lies...

[@robertmoffett3486]

"The two girls you have together "? Did she mean daughters, perhaps?

[@j.kapiris]

There was no need for the Australian public to know about this. We're not safer for it.

[@HupeDat]

Australia is A Banana Republic

[@arclux]

So did he break the law or not

[@MattyBmemes]

He spoke about classified info BC they were warcrimes usually that becomes legal in court but they blocked the use of his evidence BC apparently it was too sensitive to come up in court. So he couldn't prove it BC legally he wasn't allowed to. Kinda backwards but that's why people are mad

[@Bquite........................]

That law is illegal it is an obstruction of justice giving said authorities a free pass.

[@sonjakozman1699]

The courts are clearly compromised and operating to favour the MILITARY INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX

[@aflairforthedramatics]

He did. Primarily because the single complaint he filed was rejected, so he spent over 18 months copying and taking ADF documents and files and then releasing them to the ABC. Not sure if a single attempt of trying to raise a concern is justifiable but also not sure other attempts would have been summarily dismissed either. It’s a fine line with these types of cases I think. One thing is for sure, whistleblower laws need a complete overhaul and better reporting methods are required as well as better protections. I’m just not sure how you blow the whistle on something like this, which has National security implications as gathering the evidence is always going to be illegal I would think?

[@Peter_Thorpe]

Former Husband ..no one likes living near a stoolie..😂😂😂😂

[@DOWNUNDER.]

This guy undermined all Australian soldiers, making them a especially sort after target while they were still deployed .

[@mauricet2840]

Not at all. The majority of the Taliban soldiers would not have known of the story. Anyway the Aussies had superior arms

[@anthonyfoott4890]

Still a snitch though 😅

[@pariKil]

Talking abt yourself 🤡

[@darkhorseman8263]

You even use the language of criminals. Psychometric bot activated. Mapping for dark Triad traits via social media history of posts.

[@user-bu3nb4ck7s]

Snitching on war criminals?

[@bradlewis6514]

So what because in this instance he was trying to create damage control against further crimes being viciously committed against the people! David McBride stood for what was right but the Australian govt and it's courts deliberately failed him because the FAKES had been found out! Just like in America when the political administration and it's climate only care about destruction and keeping their hypocrises under lock and key so they'll go to any lengths to protect their own secrets, just like the military personnel McBride had outed

[@louisacostello5060]

Unreal. Effin unreal. But wait...what happened to the people he blew the whistle on 😠

[@darkhorseman8263]

They were rewarded and protected.

[@user-kc9jr9vu8l]

Western democracy for all to see😂🤣😅

[@anjan334]

"When injustice becomes law, resistance becomes duty."