so the australian media says so the australian public says so. so why does the government insist on prosecuting him? were joined by whistleblower. david mcbride. david, welcome to the show. so glad to have you. thank you very much, sharing me it s laura. thank you. the pleasures ours. let s start at the beginning . you have a personal history of public service. you attended sidney university and then earned a 2nd degree at oxford. you joined the british army and served in germany before attending the elite royal military academy at sandhurst. you then commanded a platoon in northern ireland. after a period in the private sector, you returned to australia and you joined the army there. as an attorney, you then served 2 tours in afghanistan and earned a combat service metal. it was during your time in afghanistan that you saw evidence of war crimes. you reported those crimes through the proper channels and then what happened? well, it was quite a surprise it up. i didn t want t
whistleblowers face is not unique to the united states. other countries around the world treat their national security whistle blowers harshly. especially when those whistle blowers reveal evidence of war crimes. one of the best and most recent examples is from australia, where david mcbride, a former australian army attorney, is facing criminal charges because of his revelations that australian soldiers committed war crimes and crimes against humanity in afghanistan. mcbride, a decorated combat veteran, now faces the prospect of spending much of the rest of his life in prison. i m john carry aku and you re watching the whistleblowers. ah. 2 david mcbride is one of those rare whistleblowers who did exactly what he was trained to do when witnessing evidence of a crime. he went through his chain of command. but when his chain of command refused to do anything to investigate his allegations, he went to the media, the resulting outcry let to something called the brereton commissi
the holocaust that genocide of the congo population is considered to be one of the grimmest pages in the history of mankind. 2 2 2 ah, the difficulty that national security whistleblowers face is not unique to the united states. other countries around the world treat their national security whistle blowers harshly, especially when those whistleblowers reveal evidence of war crimes. one of the best and most recent examples is from australia were david mcbride, a former australian army attorney, is facing criminal charges because of his revelations that australian soldiers committed war crimes and crimes against humanity in afghanistan. mcbride decorated combat veteran now faces the prospect of spending much of the rest of his life in prison. i m john kerry aku and you re watching the whistle lowers. ah. 2 2 2 2 david mcbride is one of those rare whistleblowers who did exactly what he was trained to do when witnessing evidence of a crime. he went through his chain of command. b
important repositories in the world for research draft legislation and international activism on behalf of whistleblowers blueprint for free speech is responsible for successful whistleblower protection legislation in countries all around the world. and it works closely with other whistleblower organizations and with governments to tailored that legislation to each locale. we re happy to be joined by the executive director and founder of blueprint for free speech. dr. sue that dreyfus dr. dr. his career has spanned academia, journalism and advocacy. she s a specialist in cybersecurity technologies and in integrity systems that work as corrective mechanisms in society. her work at blueprint has been to improve the standards of laws and practices all around the world that protect freedom of expression. and she has raised the standards for whistleblower protection everywhere. she also works on projects to protect the media is ability to publish freely, particularly via the inter
so many people around the world agree that whistleblowers are a necessary component of a functioning democracy. human nature is such that every country needs truth tellers who can stand up to those in authority and to expose waste, fraud, abuse, legality, or threats to the public health or public safety. but what happens when a country simply doesn t have a culture of whistle blowing, or what happens when there are whistleblowers, but there are no laws to protect them. we re going to tell you how those laws are written and implemented. and it may not be the way that you think i m john curiosity and you re watching the whistleblowers. 2 2 2 2 2 most people have never heard of the australia based non governmental organization blueprint for free speech. blueprint for free speech was founded in 2014 by dr. su let dreyfus and it almost immediately became one of the most important repositories the world for research draft legislation and international activism on behalf of whistleb