{"id":68805,"date":"2023-11-17T05:51:53","date_gmt":"2023-11-17T05:51:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rapidcelnews.com\/?p=68805"},"modified":"2023-11-17T05:51:53","modified_gmt":"2023-11-17T05:51:53","slug":"defence-whistleblower-pleads-guilty-to-leaking-classified-information","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rapidcelnews.com\/lifestyle\/defence-whistleblower-pleads-guilty-to-leaking-classified-information\/","title":{"rendered":"Defence whistleblower pleads guilty to leaking classified information"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Save articles for later<\/h3>\n<p>Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time.<\/p>\n<p>David McBride, who helped expose allegations of war crimes committed by Australian soldiers in Afghanistan, has pleaded guilty to leaking classified information.<\/p>\n<p>McBride\u2019s bail will be continued and he will be sentenced next year.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/static.ffx.io\/images\/$zoom_0.204%2C$multiply_0.7725%2C$ratio_1.5%2C$width_756%2C$x_0%2C$y_0\/t_crop_custom\/q_86%2Cf_auto\/b29751d178de84f5520ef5dc4b5fa5338f0a40b3\" height=\"390\" width=\"584\"><\/p>\n<p><span>David McBride will be sentenced next year.<\/span><cite class=\"ojLwA\"><span>Credit: <\/span>Alex Ellinghausen<\/cite><\/p>\n<p>Originally facing five charges, the former military lawyer pleaded guilty to three offences, including stealing Commonwealth information and passing that on to journalists.<\/p>\n<p>The classified documents led to a series of reports alleging Australian special forces troops committed war crimes in Afghanistan.<\/p>\n<p>A later inquiry uncovered credible information of 23 incidents of potential war crimes, which involved the killing of 39 Afghans and cruel treatment of two more between 2005 and 2016.<\/p>\n<p>The report found 25 soldiers were perpetrators or accessories \u2013 some on a single occasion and some on multiple.<\/p>\n<p><strong>More to come<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>AAP<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em><b>Cut through the noise of federal politics with news, views and expert analysis. <\/b><b>Subscribers can sign up to our weekly Inside Politics newsletter.<\/b><\/em><\/p>\n<h2>Most Viewed in Politics<\/h2>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theage.com.au\/politics\/federal\/former-military-lawyer-pleads-guilty-to-leaking-classified-information-20231117-p5ekwi.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Save articles for later Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. David McBride, who helped expose allegations of war crimes committed by Australian soldiers in Afghanistan, has pleaded guilty to leaking classified information. McBride\u2019s bail will be continued and he will be sentenced next year. 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