A portion of the trial of Witness K lawyer Bernard Collaery will take place in secret after a ruling in Canberra today.
Mr Collaery and Witness K, a former senior spy, are charged with revealing national secrets — specifically, allegations that Australia bugged East Timor's government building in 2004 to gain advantage in crucial oil and gas negotiations.
I guess it’s important that people forget that we (large rich country) used its intelligence services to screw over a small impoverished country on behalf of a large oil company.
How outrageous is that. Who is the Govt. trying to Kid. WE should all be appalled by this.
Just to protect two criminals, Howard and Downer.
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