prosecutors to share with the defense lawyers that your client that this is going to go to a vote tomorrow okay, your client was indicted. we will see you tuesday at 3:00. so, i think this came out the other way. but, for now, the charges are still sealed. we might see them if they are unsealed. but we might not see them until the appearance. it really depends on how the justice department and the court proceeds them. and, john, i know you have one important thing that you are looking for, just in terms of the classification itself. what do you mean by that? well, when you look at the documents, here is something that we really have not talked about, and we ve been talking about this for months, which is, the president of the united states doesn t have a top secret clearance. yet, they are the chief classification officer of the united states. they can classify or declassify by virtue of the office. the important point there, erin,
way. for now, the charges are sealed. we might see them if they are unsealed. we might not see them until the appearance. it depends on how the justice department and the court proceeds on this. john, i know one important thing you re looking for here, just in terms of the classification itself. what do you mean by that? when you look at the documents, here s something that we really haven t talked about. we ve been talking about this for months. which is, the president of the united states doesn t have a top secret clearance. yet, they are the chief classification officer of the united states. they can classify or declassify by virtue of the office. at the stroke of 12:00 when they start to not be president at the end of their term, all of that disappears. they re not authorized to possess classified information. you can t erase what s in their memory. but it s the current president who decides whether or not former presidents can get
“Good evening and welcome to television.”
With those words Bruce Gyngell entered the history books as the first person to appear on television in Australia.
TCN9’s opening night on 16th September 1956 is widely documented, not just for its pioneering milestone, but for the ensuing conjecture around what transpired.
St. David’s Hall in Surry Hills also played a part in Sir Frank Packer’s TV launch -but was Gyngell at the hall or at the Willoughby site in a basement?
Pat Condon was audio engineer in Master Control at TCN9 on the opening night. Now 86 years old, he recalled the event to