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04/03/24

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Originally posted by Lapdog: ↑

@Johilo returned; IMO the decision by ASIO to leak just part of the story is disgraceful - release all the details or nothing if it's too sensitive / dangerous.

I agree with those former pollies and even countries protesting ASIO's announcement - until their names are cleared, they're smeared!

It's my assessment what I regard as ASIO's self-promotional behaviour is consistent with its abysmal track record for half a century. Its affinity with the far right wing of Australia's political spectrum has long been known and begs the question as to whether it's fit for purpose.

Australia claims to be a social democracy! And yet we harass and incarcerate whistle-blowers, we let the likes of Julian Assange be tortured by our 'friends' in the UK and the USA for decades and we even allow a foreign media organisation to corrupt our political processes.

And what has ASIO done about such things?

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Yes the part story leak is a disgrace.
I believe you are conflating "right wing of the political spectrum" with the required knowledge of a security organisation.
one can consider the information gathered by the Stasi or KGB as exactly the same and yet you wouldn't call that the "right wing of the political spectrum"

Horses for courses Lap.

As for foreign media corrupting out political processes-
Facebook, Wion, Al jazeera and a hundred others ....
I couldn't agree more.
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