The judge who jailed the man dubbed Witness J described him as reckless and driven by anger when he sent classified information over an insecure system.
ACT Supreme Court has released the sentencing remarks from the case of Witness J who was secretly charged and sentenced under section 22 of the National Security Information Act in 2019.
authority as well. you will be able to ask questions of them if you have them. you have subpoena power. you may decide after you hear from witnesses, what you want to hear from witness j. you can request that person be subpoenaed. there will be documents that come to your mind that you want to see as part of your investigation. you can request it and subpoena as well. the district attorney has already spoken to about 50 witnesses in this case voluntarily. she wants to subpoena roughly 30 more. as you see, the grand jurors could decide they want to take it more than that. even though the grand jury is seated for a year. they hope to make a decision whether to bring any charges before the end of this year. this grand jury, they ll do their investigation. they ll make a recommendation about whether she should pursue charges and willis will take it from there. sara, you re all over it. thank you. for more, let s bring in
Reflecting on the controversial secrecy arrangements surrounding the prosecution of Witness J, former NSW Supreme Court justice the Honourable Anthony Whealy QC has told a public hearing and the director-general of ASIO that he would want judges to inquire further into closed court or suppression order requests under the NSI Act.