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Australian Defence Force whistleblower David McBride continues to be the only individual in prison with a connection to Australian war crimes allegedly perpetrated by this nation’s special forces (SAS) troops in Afghanistan over the course of Australia’s participation in the US-led war within the Central Asian country: the longest war Australia has ever seen.
McBride has now served 8 months of a draconian prison sentence handed down by ACT Supreme Court Justice David Mossop on 14 May last year, which comprises of an overall 5 years and 8 months imprisonment, with non-parole not available until after serving 2 years and 3 months.
The lawyer embarked on two tours in Afghanistan as an ADF legal officer over 2012 and 2013.
However, he took issue with the manner in which ADF leadership was conducting operations in relation to the war, so he made an official complaint to his seniors. But after they failed to act upon his disclosure, McBride commenced on an 18 month whistleblowing mission in March 2014 that involved copying 235 classified documents and presenting them to ABC journalists.