@@Defundthemasons Doing this TO YOU? We do it to ourselves. We WANT This. All of Western Society has the political mechanisms freely available to them to use. To enact whatever change they can convince People is worthy of a vote. Worthy of the effort it takes to fill in a ballot. We Want This.... Or We Would Vote Differently.... Or We Would Form Other Political Parties.... Or We Would Rebel
if while exposing a crime, you willfully disclose classified informatoin (said in the opening 3 minutes of the video) you have broken the law, and shall be punished. so many people believe that "having a good heart and exposing crime" is a get out of jail free card. it doesn't matter if said crime was hidden behind a classification. he disclosed it, he's gotta face those consequences. it's the way the law has been written since forever. it's funny how it's no longer a good thing once it touches something that you feel strongly about.
@@user-yr4mo3iz4dthat's the exact point! he brought the information forward so that the war criminals could be prosecuted and in turn he was prosecuted for telling the truth
@@firmamence Bro I get that Israel has killed thousands of kids in the last year, but you have to be able to make that distinction from a morally corrupt state and a whole group of people.
Guards? Excuse me, but state prisons are staffed by SCREWS, and a Federal Pen is where HACKS find employment. To avoid the worst place a cold sweat today may save reader from Guam. Jails are for the accused and waiting for worse hours to come.
I'm from Argentina, and we've had people killed for trying to expose the crimes of the ruling class not so long ago... so I feel this very deeply in my heart. I hope he gets the justice he deserves, not the one others impose on him because they are afraid.
The hilarious thing is that the change he wanted was *less* oversight of soldiers! He leaked some documents ... kind of hard to tell why exactly... but they turned out to contain evidence of war crimes. All the comments here are like "yeah well done for exposing the war crimes" but he wanted to cover them up!!
@@dontbelazy3136 You're just mad that he can fight for what's right, and you're sitting on your ass with no one by your side. People do care, because he was sent to jail for exposing something that needed to be seen by the public. Instead of saying "Nobody Cares" why don't you start caring? It's hard, I get it. But you can't stay ignorant forever
The fact is that they are, but it is worth it to have your national security compromised if he is bringing information that may help convict some criminals.
as an outsider to the country, im really not surprised they'd do this, especially after the covid restrictions, sorry to the people who felt they did they did the right thing complying, but you did not. there's a chance you enabled this because of how compliant you were with corruption. i wouldn't be surprised if my country did something similar for the same reason.
It’s not even a legal system. It’s literally just a money throwing competition. I know cause they tried to hit me with a felony charge at 17 but because I had the money for a good lawyer I got my record completely expunged. If I didn’t have the cash I did at the time then I’d prbly still be on probation at the very least. There are no “fair trials” in the west. There’s only “pay the fine or do the time.”
McBride leaked the information to journalists in order to DEFEND war criminals. His heart was not in the right place. He was a legal officer embedded with the war criminals, and disagreed with how they were being targeted for killing civilians. The journalist he leaked it to realised that McBride was wrong, and used the information to find the true story. He is a right-wing likely misogynist (look what else he leaked) capitalising on people who haven’t actually read up on what he did. That said, whistleblowing should be better protected.
@@square7935 there is a boyboy video that explains everything really well. Basically he exposed the Australian military and their war crimes against civilians and children in Afghanistan, as well as exposing a supposed "war hero" that was actually just a psycho murderer, shielded by the whole Australian military and media apparatus. It's so fucking disgusting.
The legal system exists to the advantage of the powerful, and the legal professionals. It's not about justice, it's about enforcing the advantage of the already powerful and wealthy, at the expense of the rest.
But how do we fix this? The laws as written have been interpreted in such a twisted way for so long that the spirit of justice has been wrung out of it.
No, we have a law in Australia, our elected officials just have to ask Daddy America for their opinion on whether to prosecute it or not on a case by case basis. Assange is still in custody awaiting extradition, McBride sentenced to jail for doing the right thing. The very identity of Australian comradery, mateship and honour is being sucked away by the people we put into power. Polticians need to be held accountable, two honourable Aussie citizens who did absolutely nothing wrong are being left to rot because our Pollies care more about being invited to play golf with the US president than they do about the welfare of their own constituents.
@@Chzydawg "No, we have a law in Australia, our elected officials just have to ask Daddy America for their opinion on whether to prosecute it or not on a case by case basis." Is that why an Australian judge declared Australian soldiers had no duty of care to Afghanis? Because "Daddy America"? What next - you going to blame the U.S. for your failed Emu wars and aboriginal genocide?
I'm not Australian, I have no idea why this was recommended to me, I have no idea who this guy is, I have no idea what the situation was/is. All I got from it is that he's a whistleblower. People like him should be protected, not thrown in prison. Whatever is going on, people need to make some noise so this doesn't happen to more people like him. Stay strong my guy, thanks for revealing the truth. You did the right thing.
@@AV0794 not australian either. He leaked documents exposing that Australian forces had unlawfully killed 39 civilians and prisoners in Afghanistan from 2007 to 2013. These War Crimes were mainly the execution of civilians, including children. One of the soldiers tried to sue defamation and lost the case which suggests their is significant evidence against the following war crimes and lost. The following quotes are TLDR from a BBC article: "A judge said four of the six murder allegations - all denied by the soldier - were substantially true" "...when he described how some junior soldiers had allegedly been coerced to shoot unarmed civilians to get their "first kill" - a practice known as "blooding". He said that weapons and radios had then been allegedly planted to support claims that the victims had been enemies killed in action." "Another was a captured Afghan teenager so terrified a witness recounted him "shaking like a leaf". He told the court Mr Roberts-Smith later claimed to have shot him in the head, boasting it was "the most beautiful thing I've ever seen"" "A handcuffed farmer the soldier had kicked off a cliff - a fall which knocked out the man's teeth, before he was subsequently shot dead" "...Mr Roberts-Smith had used a machine gun to kill a captured fighter whose prosthetic leg was then taken as a trophy, and later used by troops as a drinking vessel. Other murders were ordered by him to initiate or "blood" rookies..." Some pretty horrific stuff.
@@AV0794 War crimes in Afghanistan. He is the only individual sentenced for his conduct in Afghanistan; despite the only crime he has committed shedding light on the conduct of the Australian and American military there. America pushed for his arrest quit heavily. Sentenced for 5 years. Chief justice mossop has let sex offenders and paedophiles go for less time. The entire case is a display of Australia corruption. The fact McBride has been sentenced is a travesty.
It’s a fine line. If you have to break the law to tell the truth, then so be it. But there are consequences for breaking laws, and occasionally those consequences throw light on the inadequacies of the legislation.
@@virginiaviola5097 This type of persecution is happening all throughout the west! Good is bad and bad is good and people need to start paying attention! Nothing is organic anymore...allbydesign!
The way they do it is: whistleblowers are supposed to go through specific channels and not just give information to media. Of course you can see the issues with that process. (At least thats how the US tells you how to be a whistleblower)
Justice was not served because legal process was not equitably or fairly applied. The man who decides is the attorney general. In Australia, the A/G is political. Wasn’t he just? I will not vote for any party who does wrong any military person who honestly did what he thought was the right thing in the vicious fog of war.
@@asiamies9153 As a Finnish dude, I got to say you are actually a shame on our country. His job was to report to government ABOUT security risks (people breaking wartime law, international law, etc.) then corrupt individuals ignored that, him sharing the documents to the press is literally a negative national security risk.
Makes me frustrated and embarrassed that I actually served for 21 years. Australian Governments of any flavour.. LNP/ALP.. morally and ethically bankrupt. Edit: Meanwhile, PWC, a company that has been caught committing what amounts to treason has been "punished" with more government contracts
and you never turned up to pt once you got 3rd stripe, had a beer gut and stuffed ya face with wing dings from the muck truck. I thankyou for your service.
@@user-yr4mo3iz4d Did "pt" right up to discharge, thank you very much. And why the hell would I eat "wing dings from the muck truck" when they served far better bar snacks at the SGT's mess?
Nothing to do with LNP or ALP and everything to do with the American government; able to replace Australian leaders at the flick of a switch like they did with Whitlam. The older generation are subject to the narrative of the hegemony but today - today data DOES NOT LIE. CIA documents describing the replacement of Gough, quotes; "our man, Karr", referring to our Governor General, which for some reason has the means to dismiss our democratically elected leader! Americas' hegemony can't afford having Western society question their intentions behind instigating war, like the war in Afghanistan whom Australia was pressured into assisting with, and thus a military lawyer observing ILLEGAL conduct and making it public knowledge --- paints America as INVADERS. As treasonous WAR CRIMINALS. So, what must be done to maintain the image of "war for peace and regional stability"? SILENCE DAVID McBRIDE. SILENCE JULIAN ASSANGE. SILENCE GOUGH WHITLAM. Australians need to unify and revolt. Stand strong against the tanks we have spent BILLIONS of taxpayer dollars on, even though we have no means to transport them off our shorelines! Why do you think we are buying more tanks? Or deep sea long-range missile submarines? Tiannaman square, and foreign invasion. All at the proud benefit of the American Military Industrial Complex.
Yet australia day you all celebrate this what this country has become and call it the greatest nation on the planet then write comments like that, so which one is it because you don't just get to pick and choose when it suits you
@@jameshoneysettJDHCreationsyou’re insinuating that a complete stranger who you don’t even know celebrates Australia Day with zero factual evidence. There’s so many people who don’t celebrate it anymore.
@TheMalteseFury Bahaha no factual evidence? The evidence is on Australia day when you all get drunk celebrating this country. By celebrating this country, your celebrating the imprisonment of men like McBride and everything the gov is doing. How do you all not realise that? But at the same time, you all complain about the same thing you all think is the greatest nation on the planet, and every person that identifies as australian claim this nation to be the greatest, so yeah its a very safe bet/assumption to make, so answer the question, why celebrate something you claim to be digusted at? Makes no sense. It's a simple question I'm asking, keep getting 🧂y little ❄️❄️
When he said "it may be that I need to go to prison to fix this country" it really hit home. The fact is there are so many people willing to do such things to affect change but in the end the rich keep getting richer and the corrupt weasel their way out. Here's hoping his time isn't in vain.
I didn't know anything about this before I saw this video, so I read David McBride's Wikipedia article, and that led me to an article in The Sydney Morning Herald. It is by Angus Thompson, timestamped November 14, 2023 - 12.48pm, and entitled "Blindly obeying orders ‘ignores Nuremberg’: Whistleblower’s lawyer". I'd post the link, but we all know what RUclips's like when it comes to links. Here are some quotations from the article: • Stephen Odgers, SC, said his client [sc. McBride] was motivated by a belief special forces soldiers were being illegally investigated after Crown prosecutor Patricia McDonald, SC, told the court the accused man had said journalists had used the documents to publish “the opposite of what I [sc. McBride] believed”. • McDonald told Justice David Mossop on Monday that McBride leaked the documents because he believed there was no proper basis for investigating Australian special forces troops. • “As I understood it, the Crown case was that he was disclosing these matters because […] he thought that the people who do bad things were being investigated too much,” Mossop said. • Mossop replied [to Odgers]: “I think the way you’ve explained it is that the higher-ups might have been acting illegally by investigating these people too much, and that that was the source of the illegality that was being exposed.” Odgers agreed. • McDonald said “purporting to disclose over-investigation of special forces troops was not in the public interest”. So it seems that McBride leaked those military documents to the ABC because he *objected to the investigation of war crimes* committed by Australian forces. He wasn't whistleblowing about cover-ups; he was whistleblowing about the opposite.
@@wizdmovie9957 The system is failing... Nothing can be done to save it, and they know it, it's way they panic that much. They are like fish out of the water, jumping and panicking. The coming years will be very, very, difficult.
Anyone still believe the propaganda about Australia being a free and fair country where no one is above the law? Freedom for McBride. Freedom for Assange.
Propaganda! That rubbish was always pushed by the same scumbags. They very same who claim they didn't flip the place! They did! That's why he's unjustly in jail! He was doing his job in the Australian DEFENCE force as a lawyer. You think that position just appeared? You think the militaries name just accidentally changed? It's not propaganda, these people are traitorous criminals serving foreign interests, as opposed to their own people!
And yet every australia day you all celebrate and tell us indigenous people Australia is the greatest nation on the planet, then write comments like that, so which one is it? You can't pick and choose when it suits you. This country went to 💩 ages ago when a prime minister lost he's job because America didn't l Ike what he was looking into aka pine gap. I agree with what you said by the way, I just find it funny how the narrative changes come australia day
@@jameshoneysettJDHCreations stop trying to bring race grievance into this. This isn’t a race, left v right, or any other oppressor/oppressed issue. It’s just a right/wrong one and leave it at that, anything else is just taking away from this mans plight for freedom.
McBride was himself trying to stop the war criminals from going to jail. He leaked the information because he wanted to defend the Special Operations group who had killed civilians, because he thought they were being unfairly targeted.
Look at anything going on in the world today and that holds not true at all lol. The better you are, the worse the world thinks of you because your enemies aren't shackled by having a moral compass
99% of commenters haven't read the evidence brief, or the court transcript. You are not a hero David, but a narcissistic disgruntled employee who thought you knew better than everyone else despite the endless evidence otherwise. McBride was a drunk who was addicted to dexies when he offended. For those of you who continue to think otherwise, read teh court transcript. He was actually COMPLAINING about the investigation of soldiers who had killed civilians, and as the court transcript shows "Further, the articles published by ["The Afghan Files"] were the exact opposite of what Mr McBride had intended when making the disclosures. ...". McBride is a disgrace www.courts.act.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0003/2451369/McBride-No-4.pdf
Let’s be clear: whistleblowing crimes doesn’t make him a national security threat. You could argue it makes him a true patriot. In fact, he’s a threat to the criminals and their friends.
You might end up like the citizens of US, where being called a patriot is a bad thing, and calling yourself a patriot could get you flagged as a national threat.
American here. Every Western nation is crumbling around us. The only way out of it is for the native European populations that built the western world to stand up and reclaim what their noble fathers built.
the next time the govt tries to convince you there is some imminent danger, it would be best to speak up. Then. not now. 21 years later, the sooner we ditch the Americans and their warmongering ways, the better off we will be. the danger is rising again now. will they convince you we need to go to Israel?? or will your memory actually work and you know where these things lead. i've been speaking out about Iraq and Afghanistan for 20 years, most people really don't seem to care, so suddenly caring now seems a little weird to be honest.
American here: the way our "democracies" treat whistleblowers is tragic and it enrages me. I didn't know the name "David McBride" before today, but now I do and I'm furious on his behalf. Good luck and godspeed David, I will be cheering for you from overseas.
Honestly sounds like the US…sounds like way too many countries. LMFAO…and we’re simply humans, animals living on this planet and THIS is what unnaturally took over; greed. 🙄 The few, enslaving the masses, imprisoning the truth…and for what? Wouldn’t want the mind or the life of anyone in power… sounds like endless torture, not thriving.
I never thought I'd live in a time where someone *uncovering* war crimes was treated worse than the people who *committed those war crimes* Disgusting time to be alive
@@Serjo777That’s what I was thinking. These crimes have been happening for centuries, we’re just getting more media coverage of it now. So people are starting to realize how corrupt things are.
I think it’s an incredible time to be alive 🙏❤️ I am so very grateful to be alive at this time. We ARE Winning! 🙏✊❤️✊ It’s Biblical. It’s Amazing. They are falling, all over the world they are falling fast now. Take heart, keep praying and enjoy the show. Nearly over now
Sociopaths and psychopath are the most likely to get higher positions in politics. Because of total lack of empathy. Why do you need the government at all if they are ruled by such people? Government people are only SERVICE PERSONNEL for your own taxes. Just like any other janitor or plumber or mop cleaners. But they made you believe that they are oh so important. It's crazy how so many people are willingly and mindlessly approve all that and obey. You should raise the awareness of this. Who would in the sane mind obey everything that some janitor says just because he calls it a "law". It's the law against better people in favor of psychopaths in power.
We need a Royal Commission into US and UK foreign interference -- especially with respect to MIL/SEC, duopoly, resource corporations and foreign policy
I'm not an Australian, I don't know who this man is, but the moment he said he knew ahead of time that he would go to prison with his head held high, I respect this man.
@@TheForgottenOddKing seriously, when you wake up, just think to yourself and maybe stop being such a keyboard warrior saying the same “then do something” underneath pretty much any comment. How about YOU do something for once your pathetic life that isn’t replying to comments.
Lol Democracy? Anyone we're allowed to elect has already been filtered by our bosses in the USA. We are not a sovereign nation. Never was. Always doing as the UK or USA tells us to.
Democracy used to mean something a long time ago. Now it is nothing more than a word they use to lull you into believing you actually mean something, that your vote actually counts and that you live within a fair judicial system. It's all bs!
@@zinnia3684Thats how it all started. Jesus is our life force energy and the Bible is esoteric knowledge. The return is not outside unless you’re getting your knowledge from man and not God. Nowhere in the Bible does it say that, in fact you probably wouldn’t like being called what the Bible says those folks are - no offense either. I just know how a lot of yall think bc I was a Christian after making water spin like a water bender, btw I asked God for permission to do it. Satan is our dark side/darkness and Christ is the Light/high vibrational actions - since that’s all that exists, thinking does nothing unless you’re applying. We are the word of God along with everything else, simply bc everything is vibrations, light, and superconsciousness/intelligence behind all creation - which is a construct of your subconscious YHWEH is Saturn, the dark side, the demiurge. These are allegories for living in harmony with nature - God The Father is Creation. The Sun is Christ, as above so below. Bring Heaven down to earth. The kingdom of God is within, so is the throne - revelations tells us this with the seven spirits leading to Gods throne - which are your chakras (if you say that’s demonic then you get your info from man- those are simply your energy centers which create your emotions - I say this with love too, I just want you to know how serious the corruption is) That’s why they want us feeding our body and not our Spirit/Soul - We are feeding Saturn bc that energy makes our body/soul denser. - Your body is powered by your soul - God shaved a piece of itself off, sent it down, our soul traveled from outside the firmament, through the planes of existence (plane’t’s) and as we go through the planes we embody an energetic/astral body which keeps on piling on until we get the flesh It’s really complex which is why the church has watered it down but all this is proven through the symbolism- bc words don’t exist, they just point to something that does - Words are symbolic nowadays not their definition. Like govern-ment. Is to govern the mind
David McBride's imprisonment is not just a legal injustice; it’s a deeply personal tragedy that resonates far beyond the courtroom. For exposing the truth about war crimes in Afghanistan, McBride has paid an extraordinary price, facing years behind bars while the true perpetrators remain free. This isn’t just a failure of the justice system-it’s a failure of our moral compass. To David’s family, know that your courage and resilience in the face of this gross injustice do not go unnoticed. The strength you show during these trying times is a testament to the values David stands for-truth, integrity, and justice. We stand with you, hoping for a day when true justice prevails and David’s sacrifice is rightfully honored.
@@arenomusic I didn't know anything about this before I saw this video, so I read David McBride's Wikipedia article, and that led me to an article in The Sydney Morning Herald. It is by Angus Thompson, timestamped November 14, 2023 - 12.48pm, and entitled "Blindly obeying orders ‘ignores Nuremberg’: Whistleblower’s lawyer". I'd post the link, but we all know what RUclips's like when it comes to links. Here are some quotations from the article: • Stephen Odgers, SC, said his client [sc. McBride] was motivated by a belief special forces soldiers were being illegally investigated after Crown prosecutor Patricia McDonald, SC, told the court the accused man had said journalists had used the documents to publish “the opposite of what I [sc. McBride] believed”. • McDonald told Justice David Mossop on Monday that McBride leaked the documents because he believed there was no proper basis for investigating Australian special forces troops. • “As I understood it, the Crown case was that he was disclosing these matters because […] he thought that the people who do bad things were being investigated too much,” Mossop said. • Mossop replied [to Odgers]: “I think the way you’ve explained it is that the higher-ups might have been acting illegally by investigating these people too much, and that that was the source of the illegality that was being exposed.” Odgers agreed. • McDonald said “purporting to disclose over-investigation of special forces troops was not in the public interest”. So it seems that McBride leaked those military documents to the ABC because he *objected to the investigation of war crimes* committed by Australian forces. He wasn't whistleblowing about cover-ups; he was whistleblowing about the opposite.
@@howtoappearincompletely9739 "So it seems that McBride leaked those military documents to the ABC because he objected to the investigation of war crimes committed by Australian forces. He wasn't whistleblowing about cover-ups; he was whistleblowing about the opposite." Yes, this was the takeaway I got from the same article. I'm not sure if it's an accurate portrayal or not, but it's eye-catching either way.
@@synchronium24 Well, in general, I take anything a journalist writes with at least a pinch of salt. In that article, however, I am inclinced to trust that the direct quotations from the judge and the prosecuting and defence barristers are probably accurate, since the newspaper would not want to be held liable for misquoting or libelling legal figures, since legal figures are those best placed to sue that newspaper.
It is insane that people exposing actual corruption within the government go to jail. It just blows my mind. I hope the appeal goes in your favor. Also, excellently produced video
By all accounts, it looks like McBride was the one trying to cover up war criminals. I hope this is inaccurate, but I wouldn't bet on it. "During the case, his lawyers said McBride leaked information to the press because he was concerned about the Australian Defence Force's excessive investigation of special forces soldiers in Afghanistan."
Imagine going to jail for exposing the truth, absolutely disgraceful what the government is doing to you man. Australians gotta unite and break you out of the slammer bro
Al Jazeera loves reporting anti Western content, they won't report on anything having to do with anything critical of the Petro-states or anything nearing a criticism of Islamist groups. I feel for this guy but he shouldn't be leaking classified material.
He was trying to stop the army from investigating war crimes committed by Australian soldier. He wasn't whistleblowing, he was trying to keep war crimes covered up.
What a fucked up world we live in, this man risked his freedom to bring to light the horrible crimes done in Afghanistan, and instead of the people responsible getting arrested, he's facing 5 years in jail, and this is what we call justice. You're a true hero David, I can only imagine what you and you're family are going trough, it's people like you that make me still have hope in humanity.
@@zoomtruth1013 talking about it, and expressing how wrong this is, is already doing something, but staying quite and letting this sort of thing happen it's just going to be an example, to not just Austrailia, to other countries that they can do this and get way with it.
The truth always rises to the top. Sometimes it can be mired in the muck of bureaucracy but that quickly fades away when the lies meant for it's place don't work. Thank you and Keep Up the Fight!
A random guy from Ethiopia 🇪🇹 here. I came across this video by accident. I don't know who David McBride is so after watching this video, I researched him on the internet for half an hour and it's heartbreaking what's happening to him. I hope you win your appeal, sir. God bless you. I'll pray for you.
David McBride, a dual British and Australian citizen, served in both the British and Australian militaries. He became a lawyer for the Australian Army and was deployed to Afghanistan. There, he grew concerned about the handling of potential war crimes by Australian special forces. In 2016, McBride leaked classified documents to the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC). These documents reportedly contained evidence of war crimes, including killings of Afghan civilians and prisoners. This became known as "The Afghan Files" and exposed serious allegations to the public. The Australian government launched an investigation into the leak, and in 2018, McBride faced charges related to unlawfully disclosing classified information. He argued he was protected by whistleblower laws due to the public interest in exposing potential war crimes. McBride's case became a flashpoint for debate around whistleblowing and national security. In 2023, he ultimately pleaded guilty to the charges. May 2024, he was sentenced to nearly six years in prison, with a non-parole period of over two years. The "Afghan Files" triggered an official inquiry, the Brereton Report, which confirmed some of the allegations in the leaked documents. Despite this, no soldiers have been charged with war crimes to date. McBride's case has raised concerns about protections for whistleblowers who expose potential government wrongdoing.
Yeah but he still broke the law, and whatever belief he may have had, doesn’t detract from that. The AU government made an antiquated awful-but-lawful decision on a case that essentially was leaking classified government documents over the personal belief that serious war crimes were to happen.
Damn, this one hit hard. I knew a danish veteran. He became a whistleblower by leaking what he witnessed was going on in Iraq. He was a passionate, yet struggling man and he fought. Hard. He took his own life recently. R.I.P. Anders
Aside from the - most likely - factual information (am not familiar with this case), the last 2 paragraphs are a nice sentiment, but as we all know, absolutely nothing positive will be done as a result of this.
I remember reading a quote somewhere that went along the lines of; “if you cut off a man’s tongue and try to silence him, you are only showing everyone that you’re afraid of what he has to say”
@@wolfyoy420 my point is if you want this guy to not face any penalties then you are doing exactly what he exposed, letting crimes have no repercussions
Why don't the people get together and put immense pressure on the gov to release him? Instead of sitting in your homes doing nothing except writing comments and pressing a like button while the man is in a 3 by 3 metre cell.
@@jameshoneysettJDHCreations I'm personally not going to do anything because why should I? The vast majority of Australian's don't give a stuff about Individual Liberty & Freedom. The Vast majority of Australians vote for higher Taxes, the Vast Majority of Australians vote for Bigger Government, the Vast Majority of Australians ACCEPT being lied to EVERY DAY by ALL Politicians, The Vast Majority of Australians acquiesce to being Extorted by their own Government every day. Again please tell me why I, or anybody else who values Individual Liberty do anything
@@jameshoneysettJDHCreations Because till election time rolls around again and people can put an independent in charge of their electorate who will hold the other parties accountable to do something about it all we can do is spread the word
Not really. I didn't know anything about this before I saw this video, so I read David McBride's Wikipedia article, and that led me to an article in The Sydney Morning Herald. It is by Angus Thompson, timestamped November 14, 2023 - 12.48pm, and entitled "Blindly obeying orders ‘ignores Nuremberg’: Whistleblower’s lawyer". I'd post the link, but we all know what RUclips's like when it comes to links. Here are some quotations from the article: • Stephen Odgers, SC, said his client [sc. McBride] was motivated by a belief special forces soldiers were being illegally investigated after Crown prosecutor Patricia McDonald, SC, told the court the accused man had said journalists had used the documents to publish “the opposite of what I [sc. McBride] believed”. • McDonald told Justice David Mossop on Monday that McBride leaked the documents because he believed there was no proper basis for investigating Australian special forces troops. • “As I understood it, the Crown case was that he was disclosing these matters because […] he thought that the people who do bad things were being investigated too much,” Mossop said. • Mossop replied [to Odgers]: “I think the way you’ve explained it is that the higher-ups might have been acting illegally by investigating these people too much, and that that was the source of the illegality that was being exposed.” Odgers agreed. • McDonald said “purporting to disclose over-investigation of special forces troops was not in the public interest”. So it seems that McBride leaked those military documents to the ABC because he *objected to the investigation of war crimes* committed by Australian forces. He wasn't whistleblowing about cover-ups; he was whistleblowing about the opposite.
@@howtoappearincompletely9739 However it came about, the man objectively released the truth of what happened to the public in which we now know that war crimes had been committed. Even if we could trust the source and say it's true, the truth came out and that's the important part.
RUclips put this on my queue, I’m in Canada and just learning of this. . David, the world needs more people with your integrity. I am hoping the courts can see your value, your integrity and courage to do the morally right thing.
I don't even know this guy, but RUclips thought it was important to let me know that he is in jail, so here i am.
Same, started reading about him online, pretty interesting actually
Yes, same think on my mind
fr man what an interesting topic we all stumbled upon
Same here, never read about him until now
haha same, but for once thank you algorithm
"When exposing a crime makes you a criminal, you are being ruled by criminals."
You quoted no one, who’s it from?
@@crumbopulisSnowden I think
@@crumbopulis - Edward Snowden
Clueless. Read the ruling first.
@@ReflectedMiles🤓☝️
Heroes in jail, criminals in government jobs.
History always repeats itself. It isn’t surprising
do something then
lol
@@Defundthemasons Doing this TO YOU? We do it to ourselves. We WANT This.
All of Western Society has the political mechanisms freely available to them to use. To enact whatever change they can convince People is worthy of a vote. Worthy of the effort it takes to fill in a ballot.
We Want This.... Or We Would Vote Differently.... Or We Would Form Other Political Parties.... Or We Would Rebel
😂😂😂😂 ok clown and Trump is walking free hmmm says a lot about you intelligence or lack there of
I’m not Australian but my country does this crap too. Exposing crimes should not be a crime. Imprison the real criminals.
It's the same government in every country. The same orders around the table. We all stand together
it will KEEP doing that till
OCCUPY THE GETTY / STEVEN D KELLEY
No joke, it's the one world government slowly squeezing the life out of the free world
That's democracy and capitalism for ya it's just communism that allows you to be gay and taxes you 20x more😂
if while exposing a crime, you willfully disclose classified informatoin (said in the opening 3 minutes of the video) you have broken the law, and shall be punished.
so many people believe that "having a good heart and exposing crime" is a get out of jail free card. it doesn't matter if said crime was hidden behind a classification. he disclosed it, he's gotta face those consequences. it's the way the law has been written since forever. it's funny how it's no longer a good thing once it touches something that you feel strongly about.
Whisteblower goes to jail, war criminals walk free. Pathetic.
Don't know why it's so surprising as it happened to Julian assange and many others
@@user-yr4mo3iz4dthat's the exact point! he brought the information forward so that the war criminals could be prosecuted and in turn he was prosecuted for telling the truth
@@mbp1652Guilty as charged. What is wrong with you people.
Our "war criminals" should walk free, why tf should we punish our own troops for killing forigners.
@@user-yr4mo3iz4dBen Roberts-Smith is a free man despite being found in court to be a war criminal on the balance of probabilities.
Arrested for exposing war crimes is absolutely pathetic and disgraceful.
Idk, but biggest war crime were against Emu.
@@danielm6319 even worse war crime than that was that they lost to Emu's lmao
@@danielm6319Emu are walking war crimes.
@@cheflazytwice, its sad honestly
If you get arrested for exposing crime, you find out who is in the politics
" When exposing a crime is treated as committing a crime, you are being ruled by criminals! ” - Edward Snowden.
The country was founded on a prison colony. It’s been ruled by criminals from the start😂
@@french6013 no lie detected
@@iVirtuallsorry what??
@@zacfox409 as in....not just Australia - most world ruled by criminals - get it?
look the boomer zoomers are fighting... cope seeth lads@@iVirtuall
"When you tear out a man's tongue, you are not proving him a liar. You are telling the world that you fear what he might say."
- Tyrion Lannister
Murdering kids: fine
Complaining about people murdering kids: To jail with you!
_What a kangaroo court._
kangaroos wants to have a little chat with you!!
A kangaroo court in Australia too 💀 Jokes aside I agree with you.
@@firmamence You undermine our side when you say things like that.
@@firmamence making aussies look bad
@@firmamence Bro I get that Israel has killed thousands of kids in the last year, but you have to be able to make that distinction from a morally corrupt state and a whole group of people.
This man is in jail not because he is a threat to the country, but because he is a threat to the tyrants running it.
This line goes hard
That’s cold asf
"thats hard"🤓
This line makes me hard
Edit running to "ruining" and it's 100% accurate
"When you cut off a man’s tongue, you don’t prove him wrong. You only prove that you fear what he has to say.”
- Tyrion Lannister
Who is that? I am a history major and never recall learning about him..
@@The0nlyy Game of Thrones. Also, Google exists.
@@atrocious7766 So do this comment section and human interaction.
@atrocious7766 Just the answer would've been fine mate, no need to be snarky about it...
Ah.. the reverse of "The ability to speak, does not make you intelligent"
Going to jail for a good cause is one of the most badass things a human being can do. I hope he receives tons of respect from the inmates and guards.
Errado. Foi só injustiça mesmo. Ser condenado e humilhado pelo que ele fez só mostra o quanto a sociedade e a "democracia" são podres.
@@herbert6407 Then you are a coward who has no respect for the sacrifices others make for you.
@@Verbux no, he said fax, this man shouldn't have gone in prison for a great action. That's the only thing he said.
@@yuzachi7764 maybe language barrier? If so, sorry.
Guards? Excuse me, but state prisons are staffed by SCREWS,
and a Federal Pen is where HACKS find employment. To avoid
the worst place a cold sweat today may save reader from Guam.
Jails are for the accused and waiting for worse hours to come.
If anyone ever says, “the government wouldn’t do that…”
Yes, they would. They would happily do that.
the government wouldn't tell the truth to me though
for every “the government wouldn’t do that…” you can probably find an example of the government doing exactly that
The government wouldn't give me, specifically me, 5 million dollars tomorrow.
@@youkez6227so when other people attack you for funding your goverment then don't come crying
@@Rondobondohondoif you were a billionaire they probably would
Well Now RUclips is recommending this overseas, and we can see Australia's judicial system is fucked.
ours is also in the same state (india)
This is Australia? Really? Not really my picture of the country. Greets from Finland.
A few years ago it may never have hit the algo. Someone’s doing good work at google
I’m from their brother British colony, Canada:) our system is just as broken.
FYI-India
"If wars can be started by lies, peace can be started by truth" - Julian Assange. Keep fighting.
And look how the US and it's lapdogs the UK & Australia are dealing to Julian....arse wipes.
incredible quote, thank you for sharing and please keep sharing it, awareness is power!
Aussie should teach the kids to lied in order to stay out of jail
this is a beautiful quote
incredible quote
I'm from Argentina, and we've had people killed for trying to expose the crimes of the ruling class not so long ago... so I feel this very deeply in my heart. I hope he gets the justice he deserves, not the one others impose on him because they are afraid.
That’s sad
The phrase, "maybe i have to go to jail to make a change." That should be a wake-up call. For everyone.
nobody cares, also the guy looks like he got bored and only wanted attention
do something then
The hilarious thing is that the change he wanted was *less* oversight of soldiers! He leaked some documents ... kind of hard to tell why exactly... but they turned out to contain evidence of war crimes.
All the comments here are like "yeah well done for exposing the war crimes" but he wanted to cover them up!!
@@dontbelazy3136 You're just mad that he can fight for what's right, and you're sitting on your ass with no one by your side. People do care, because he was sent to jail for exposing something that needed to be seen by the public. Instead of saying "Nobody Cares" why don't you start caring? It's hard, I get it. But you can't stay ignorant forever
@@ReacorArK nah i doubt he has any clue about what david mcbride is even doing or who he is. ignorant people aren’t worth fighting with
It feels wrong, that a whistleblower is being referred to as a "national security threat".
Exactly. EXACTLY. Exactly.
It should tell you what this nation is they keep yapping about. A get rich quick scheme for people who need therapy not power.
They always are
The fact is that they are, but it is worth it to have your national security compromised if he is bringing information that may help convict some criminals.
as an outsider to the country, im really not surprised they'd do this, especially after the covid restrictions, sorry to the people who felt they did they did the right thing complying, but you did not. there's a chance you enabled this because of how compliant you were with corruption. i wouldn't be surprised if my country did something similar for the same reason.
Never be deluded into thinking the legal system is a justice system.
Or Legal, at that.
@@abrahamlincoln1600 wat
@@rawallon they meant that sometimes it doesn't even follow the law
@@rawallonunconstitutional
It’s not even a legal system. It’s literally just a money throwing competition. I know cause they tried to hit me with a felony charge at 17 but because I had the money for a good lawyer I got my record completely expunged. If I didn’t have the cash I did at the time then I’d prbly still be on probation at the very least. There are no “fair trials” in the west. There’s only
“pay the fine or do the time.”
being named a national security threat is a complement to me
real
That's one on my bucket list
A complement to what?
Said it before: this is a disgrace to our courts, our military, our government, our freedom, our nation.
There are forces above our government and courts controlling our nation.
I'm so fucking angry
I wish you good Auzzie buggers all the best.. love from a random kiwi ❤
Our government is nothing more than a corporation and we're just a vassal state of the US.
No, it's not. It's on brand for them.
When exposing war crime gets you in jail, truly one of the democracy in the world
McBride leaked the information to journalists in order to DEFEND war criminals. His heart was not in the right place. He was a legal officer embedded with the war criminals, and disagreed with how they were being targeted for killing civilians. The journalist he leaked it to realised that McBride was wrong, and used the information to find the true story. He is a right-wing likely misogynist (look what else he leaked) capitalising on people who haven’t actually read up on what he did. That said, whistleblowing should be better protected.
what did he expose just saw this vid
he was exposing injustice against the SAS...not war crimes. ABC did that...they aren't going to jail...what you on about?
@@square7935 War crimes committed by Australian forces in Afghanistan
@@square7935 there is a boyboy video that explains everything really well. Basically he exposed the Australian military and their war crimes against civilians and children in Afghanistan, as well as exposing a supposed "war hero" that was actually just a psycho murderer, shielded by the whole Australian military and media apparatus. It's so fucking disgusting.
The legal system is NOT about justice. It's about power.
The legal system exists to the advantage of the powerful, and the legal professionals. It's not about justice, it's about enforcing the advantage of the already powerful and wealthy, at the expense of the rest.
But how do we fix this?
The laws as written have been interpreted in such a twisted way for so long that the spirit of justice has been wrung out of it.
@@Sagan_Starborn You know the answer. You just don't like the cost.
@@hyperspacejester7377 🎯
everything comes back to capital interests, all I see are more reasons why we gotta eat the rich asap
A good man is a good man - anywhere! Proud of you. From PNG!
Utterly disgraceful... the same judge has let multiple rapists go free... we have no law in Australia...
Looks like a ped0 for sure. Our political and judicial system is rotten from top to bottom.
No, we have a law in Australia, our elected officials just have to ask Daddy America for their opinion on whether to prosecute it or not on a case by case basis.
Assange is still in custody awaiting extradition, McBride sentenced to jail for doing the right thing. The very identity of Australian comradery, mateship and honour is being sucked away by the people we put into power. Polticians need to be held accountable, two honourable Aussie citizens who did absolutely nothing wrong are being left to rot because our Pollies care more about being invited to play golf with the US president than they do about the welfare of their own constituents.
@@Chzydawg not even America prosecutes their criminals anymore, worlds going to shit
australia was founded for criminals and that gained "indipendence" of course they are going to stay criminals
@@Chzydawg "No, we have a law in Australia, our elected officials just have to ask Daddy America for their opinion on whether to prosecute it or not on a case by case basis."
Is that why an Australian judge declared Australian soldiers had no duty of care to Afghanis?
Because "Daddy America"?
What next - you going to blame the U.S. for your failed Emu wars and aboriginal genocide?
FREE MCBRIDE. Our government is disgusting!
This guy is more Australian than the current Australian Prime Minister. Thank you for your service.
Can’t wait to vote them out of office
@BJ-kn2te and vote in who? The Libs again? Who started this whole fucking charade? Wasn't Labor was it?
Jail little johny n his cronies
@@BJ-kn2te and put who in? the Liberals who were doing the same thing? this is a lose lose situation until we can destroy this two party system.
David McBride makes me proud to be an Australian. The Australian govt makes me feel ashamed to be an Australian.
The shame hits harder than the pride.
Leave
Nah @@cyberdyne9480
Australian government just lets their country be a US puppet state
We have followed US too hard!
This is gaining traction here in America, too. Praying for Justice for McBride
huh? he broke the law
"I will sit in jail, I will get stronger in jail" absolute legend. Godspeed
No… I cannot fucking stand for this… he WILL not sit in jail… we need to get him the fuck out of there. Something needs to be done
Like that uncle in avatar the last airbender. I forgot his name 😭🙏🙏🍵🍵
@@michaelbullen3104what can we do? They ain’t gonna listen anyways
He can be strong in a prison jail being called "little Lili" for sure
@@YeeHawwPlus, not everyone of his viewers live in Australia.
I'm not Australian, I have no idea why this was recommended to me, I have no idea who this guy is, I have no idea what the situation was/is. All I got from it is that he's a whistleblower. People like him should be protected, not thrown in prison. Whatever is going on, people need to make some noise so this doesn't happen to more people like him. Stay strong my guy, thanks for revealing the truth. You did the right thing.
Even Boeing's WB wasn't protected... this guy is going to get done with in prison. That is my bet.
Maybe prison is safe?
Can someone explain why he was sentenced to jail or what he leaked that the public wasn’t supposed to know? (I’m not from Australia)
@@AV0794 not australian either. He leaked documents exposing that Australian forces had unlawfully killed 39 civilians and prisoners in Afghanistan from 2007 to 2013. These War Crimes were mainly the execution of civilians, including children. One of the soldiers tried to sue defamation and lost the case which suggests their is significant evidence against the following war crimes and lost.
The following quotes are TLDR from a BBC article:
"A judge said four of the six murder allegations - all denied by the soldier - were substantially true"
"...when he described how some junior soldiers had allegedly been coerced to shoot unarmed civilians to get their "first kill" - a practice known as "blooding". He said that weapons and radios had then been allegedly planted to support claims that the victims had been enemies killed in action."
"Another was a captured Afghan teenager so terrified a witness recounted him "shaking like a leaf". He told the court Mr Roberts-Smith later claimed to have shot him in the head, boasting it was "the most beautiful thing I've ever seen""
"A handcuffed farmer the soldier had kicked off a cliff - a fall which knocked out the man's teeth, before he was subsequently shot dead"
"...Mr Roberts-Smith had used a machine gun to kill a captured fighter whose prosthetic leg was then taken as a trophy, and later used by troops as a drinking vessel. Other murders were ordered by him to initiate or "blood" rookies..."
Some pretty horrific stuff.
@@AV0794 War crimes in Afghanistan. He is the only individual sentenced for his conduct in Afghanistan; despite the only crime he has committed shedding light on the conduct of the Australian and American military there.
America pushed for his arrest quit heavily.
Sentenced for 5 years.
Chief justice mossop has let sex offenders and paedophiles go for less time.
The entire case is a display of Australia corruption. The fact McBride has been sentenced is a travesty.
Jailing a whistleblowers is the action of a corrupt government.
ACCOUNTABILITY! ACCOUNTABILITY! ACCOUNTABILITY!
It’s a fine line. If you have to break the law to tell the truth, then so be it. But there are consequences for breaking laws, and occasionally those consequences throw light on the inadequacies of the legislation.
@@virginiaviola5097 The reasons for breaking those laws should be taken into full account in court and in cases like this they usually are not
@@virginiaviola5097
This type of persecution is happening all throughout the west!
Good is bad and bad is good and people need to start paying attention!
Nothing is organic anymore...allbydesign!
The way they do it is: whistleblowers are supposed to go through specific channels and not just give information to media. Of course you can see the issues with that process. (At least thats how the US tells you how to be a whistleblower)
ruclips.net/video/gWwrMngMXvY/видео.htmlsi=6D7v4ykGDxVraMOi
I'm South African, I just got recommended this video, I thank you for your service for your country and being a pioneer of spreading the truth.
I'm deeply disgusted by our courts. Justice was not served.
Justice was not served because legal process was not equitably or fairly applied. The man who decides is the attorney general. In Australia, the A/G is political. Wasn’t he just? I will not vote for any party who does wrong any military person who honestly did what he thought was the right thing in the vicious fog of war.
then do something about it. slave.
"Justice" Mossop does not serve justice.
Justice for Assange and every hero
Call it the Law but never ever call it Justice!
Free David McBride
The powers that be want to make an example out of this man, lest the public get a bit too uppity for our own good.
why
@@MrProzacmilkshakebecause he is a whistle blower who has acted ethically.
How is typing that into a comment section on RUclips going to do anything?
@@BillyMillion lolz you're funny. It's not all I do. Bless ya 😂
Rare RUclips W for recommending this to almost 3 million people currently, this shouldn’t be hidden
They could do more to help but they ain’t. This all they’ll do 😭🙏
Very rare
@@YeeHawwhes a criminal they cant do anything against the government
I still don't care
God Bless... God Speed... Thank you for your courage...
I'm not Australian, nor do I know him. But I will be leaving this comment to try and help boost this video into the algorithm.
And it worked. I have never heard about this man. But i fully support his case!
Well it worked because here the fuck I am. 😂
But you do know him.
Yeah. Same.
im joining this effort
War = Old men talking, young men dying and honest men going to jail.... The world sucks!
And the rest of the world sits and wonders why we’re killing ourselves at never seen before rates.
@@Eric0225he's talking about women ya bozo
@@quasarstarpower2858warring is done by men though.
@user-xr7ci8tf3e lots of female photos when he listed the dead soldiers... NOT
@@quasarstarpower2858 so wdym women lol, men are the ones fighting wars
Whistle blowers , by definition should not be punished.
If you think snitches get stitches in gangs.. imagine what the government does to them.
@@CheckyourpantsbeforeyouwashemGovernments are the biggest and most powerful gangs in the world!
@@Checkyourpantsbeforeyouwashem yeah, its a true shame this guy got extremely depressed and chose to end it all in a few months from now.
Sharing classified documents is a security risk
@@asiamies9153 As a Finnish dude, I got to say you are actually a shame on our country. His job was to report to government ABOUT security risks (people breaking wartime law, international law, etc.) then corrupt individuals ignored that, him sharing the documents to the press is literally a negative national security risk.
Australia has become a dumpster fire.
The world kindof is rn, Canada, the USA, England. Worlds a mess rn
This is heartbreaking.
Heroes are going to jail,
criminals are walking free.
Disgraceful.
ruclips.net/video/gWwrMngMXvY/видео.htmlsi=6D7v4ykGDxVraMOi
Unfortunately its the way its always been.
Disgraceful indeed
All over the world
Government corruption must come to an end! Stay strong.
I need $10 too
@@Ghostjohare556 you need to get a job lil bro
Is he supposed to post bail with that $10?
@@robbiesilverwolf How much did you give?
@@robbiesilverwolfIt shows support
Makes me frustrated and embarrassed that I actually served for 21 years.
Australian Governments of any flavour.. LNP/ALP.. morally and ethically bankrupt.
Edit: Meanwhile, PWC, a company that has been caught committing what amounts to treason has been "punished" with more government contracts
and you never turned up to pt once you got 3rd stripe, had a beer gut and stuffed ya face with wing dings from the muck truck. I thankyou for your service.
@@user-yr4mo3iz4d Did "pt" right up to discharge, thank you very much.
And why the hell would I eat "wing dings from the muck truck" when they served far better bar snacks at the SGT's mess?
Two sides of the same coin brother, albeit a stinky, rusty old archaic coin, a relic from the past that should've been long forgotten.
Nothing to do with LNP or ALP and everything to do with the American government; able to replace Australian leaders at the flick of a switch like they did with Whitlam. The older generation are subject to the narrative of the hegemony but today - today data DOES NOT LIE.
CIA documents describing the replacement of Gough, quotes; "our man, Karr", referring to our Governor General, which for some reason has the means to dismiss our democratically elected leader!
Americas' hegemony can't afford having Western society question their intentions behind instigating war, like the war in Afghanistan whom Australia was pressured into assisting with, and thus a military lawyer observing ILLEGAL conduct and making it public knowledge --- paints America as INVADERS. As treasonous WAR CRIMINALS. So, what must be done to maintain the image of "war for peace and regional stability"? SILENCE DAVID McBRIDE. SILENCE JULIAN ASSANGE. SILENCE GOUGH WHITLAM.
Australians need to unify and revolt. Stand strong against the tanks we have spent BILLIONS of taxpayer dollars on, even though we have no means to transport them off our shorelines! Why do you think we are buying more tanks? Or deep sea long-range missile submarines?
Tiannaman square, and foreign invasion. All at the proud benefit of the American Military Industrial Complex.
This randomly popped up on my for you page for no seeming reason. This is the kind of stuff you’ll come across like seven years after it’s posted.
Absolutely disgusting the way this has been handled.
I'm ashamed of what this country is becoming...
Yet australia day you all celebrate this what this country has become and call it the greatest nation on the planet then write comments like that, so which one is it because you don't just get to pick and choose when it suits you
That would be USA's B17ch
@@jameshoneysettJDHCreationsbit presumptuous mate
@@jameshoneysettJDHCreationsyou’re insinuating that a complete stranger who you don’t even know celebrates Australia Day with zero factual evidence. There’s so many people who don’t celebrate it anymore.
@TheMalteseFury Bahaha no factual evidence? The evidence is on Australia day when you all get drunk celebrating this country. By celebrating this country, your celebrating the imprisonment of men like McBride and everything the gov is doing.
How do you all not realise that? But at the same time, you all complain about the same thing you all think is the greatest nation on the planet, and every person that identifies as australian claim this nation to be the greatest, so yeah its a very safe bet/assumption to make, so answer the question, why celebrate something you claim to be digusted at? Makes no sense. It's a simple question I'm asking, keep getting 🧂y little ❄️❄️
When he said "it may be that I need to go to prison to fix this country" it really hit home. The fact is there are so many people willing to do such things to affect change but in the end the rich keep getting richer and the corrupt weasel their way out. Here's hoping his time isn't in vain.
Controlling the worlds money and endlessly printing more of it is how they keep the world under control.
Bitcoin fixes this.
Let’s keep hope, but it seems this will unfortunately be a repeat of history.
all of us including you need to make sure it never happens on your watch. thats how you make sure its never in vain!
I didn't know anything about this before I saw this video, so I read David McBride's Wikipedia article, and that led me to an article in The Sydney Morning Herald. It is by Angus Thompson, timestamped November 14, 2023 - 12.48pm, and entitled "Blindly obeying orders ‘ignores Nuremberg’: Whistleblower’s lawyer". I'd post the link, but we all know what RUclips's like when it comes to links. Here are some quotations from the article:
• Stephen Odgers, SC, said his client [sc. McBride] was motivated by a belief special forces soldiers were being illegally investigated after Crown prosecutor Patricia McDonald, SC, told the court the accused man had said journalists had used the documents to publish “the opposite of what I [sc. McBride] believed”.
• McDonald told Justice David Mossop on Monday that McBride leaked the documents because he believed there was no proper basis for investigating Australian special forces troops.
• “As I understood it, the Crown case was that he was disclosing these matters because […] he thought that the people who do bad things were being investigated too much,” Mossop said.
• Mossop replied [to Odgers]: “I think the way you’ve explained it is that the higher-ups might have been acting illegally by investigating these people too much, and that that was the source of the illegality that was being exposed.” Odgers agreed.
• McDonald said “purporting to disclose over-investigation of special forces troops was not in the public interest”.
So it seems that McBride leaked those military documents to the ABC because he *objected to the investigation of war crimes* committed by Australian forces. He wasn't whistleblowing about cover-ups; he was whistleblowing about the opposite.
@@wizdmovie9957 The system is failing... Nothing can be done to save it, and they know it, it's way they panic that much.
They are like fish out of the water, jumping and panicking.
The coming years will be very, very, difficult.
Anyone still believe the propaganda about Australia being a free and fair country where no one is above the law?
Freedom for McBride. Freedom for Assange.
Propaganda! That rubbish was always pushed by the same scumbags. They very same who claim they didn't flip the place! They did! That's why he's unjustly in jail! He was doing his job in the Australian DEFENCE force as a lawyer. You think that position just appeared? You think the militaries name just accidentally changed?
It's not propaganda, these people are traitorous criminals serving foreign interests, as opposed to their own people!
And yet every australia day you all celebrate and tell us indigenous people Australia is the greatest nation on the planet, then write comments like that, so which one is it? You can't pick and choose when it suits you.
This country went to 💩 ages ago when a prime minister lost he's job because America didn't l Ike what he was looking into aka pine gap.
I agree with what you said by the way, I just find it funny how the narrative changes come australia day
@@jameshoneysettJDHCreations stop trying to bring race grievance into this. This isn’t a race, left v right, or any other oppressor/oppressed issue. It’s just a right/wrong one and leave it at that, anything else is just taking away from this mans plight for freedom.
@@jameshoneysettJDHCreations Pretty sure it was just hottest 100 day until they moved it, now it's just another day.
@@jameshoneysettJDHCreations you dont know them, you are making up a person to get mad about
I am not from your country but you, sir, deserve all of our respect.
Australia: HEY, IT'S A CRIME TO POINT OUT OUR CRIMES!
USA: hey, make sure nobody else is brave enough to talk shit
actually this is every country.....
snitches get jail time
*our crimes committed on the behalf of our imperial overlord the american empire
First man to go to prison over the conduct in the war in afghanistan and it's a wistleblower. What a country.
Great comment !!!
Guess that’s what we get for being founded by criminals…
What happened
Shame on every single person that worked to put this man in jail and not the war criminals
Its a crazy long list of people that had the power to stop it but decided to say "Fuck McBride in particular."
@@firmamence people like you belong in jail
@@firmamencebro what the fuck
@@firmamenceWhat does that have to do with it?
McBride was himself trying to stop the war criminals from going to jail. He leaked the information because he wanted to defend the Special Operations group who had killed civilians, because he thought they were being unfairly targeted.
I Stand with Him. He's Exactly Right
from the Mountains of Tennessee
And Australia calls itself a democracy? What a joke.
Its a puppet-state run by oligarchs
Australia is a representative democracy, constitutional monarchy and a federation, more specifically.
@@MorganSaph Its a dumpster fire, to be more specific
@@MorganSaph your point being?
@@redsusas00 there is no such thing as a democracy
you know you fucked up as a governement when the whole world starts watching you, You Got This David....
Yep
People will forget in a week, nothing will change. As always. In that sense the gov has accomplished what they wanted and haven't lost anything
Look at anything going on in the world today and that holds not true at all lol. The better you are, the worse the world thinks of you because your enemies aren't shackled by having a moral compass
99% of commenters haven't read the evidence brief, or the court transcript. You are not a hero David, but a narcissistic disgruntled employee who thought you knew better than everyone else despite the endless evidence otherwise. McBride was a drunk who was addicted to dexies when he offended. For those of you who continue to think otherwise, read teh court transcript. He was actually COMPLAINING about the investigation of soldiers who had killed civilians, and as the court transcript shows "Further, the articles published by ["The Afghan Files"] were the exact opposite of what Mr McBride had intended when making the disclosures. ...". McBride is a disgrace www.courts.act.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0003/2451369/McBride-No-4.pdf
@@marcely1199Atleast subscribe.. and no we the people do have a voice when united.
Let’s be clear: whistleblowing crimes doesn’t make him a national security threat. You could argue it makes him a true patriot. In fact, he’s a threat to the criminals and their friends.
You might end up like the citizens of US, where being called a patriot is a bad thing, and calling yourself a patriot could get you flagged as a national threat.
Power to the people ✊️
Algorithm boost, free david mcbride
I second the boost, free David McBride.
@@WyattListewnik-ix6xkI third the boost, free David McBride
@@agoodmeme48234
fourth, free David McBride.
Fifth,
Free David McBride.
"the first person imprisoned in relation to Australia’s war crimes was not a war criminal" - Human Rights Law Centre
Arrested for airing the Australian MIC's dirty laundry. They never punish you for lying. They punish you for telling the truth.
As an Englishman my heart goes out to you. Our government are doing the same thing.
What an absolute disgrace Australia has become.
American here. Every Western nation is crumbling around us. The only way out of it is for the native European populations that built the western world to stand up and reclaim what their noble fathers built.
It's so disheartening, we're such a beautiful nation
the next time the govt tries to convince you there is some imminent danger, it would be best to speak up. Then. not now. 21 years later,
the sooner we ditch the Americans and their warmongering ways, the better off we will be. the danger is rising again now. will they convince you we need to go to Israel?? or will your memory actually work and you know where these things lead. i've been speaking out about Iraq and Afghanistan for 20 years, most people really don't seem to care, so suddenly caring now seems a little weird to be honest.
just follow the USA
@@fuzzjunky as an American, it's not the Americans that want war. It's the (((Israelites))) that hold power over our government.
American here: the way our "democracies" treat whistleblowers is tragic and it enrages me. I didn't know the name "David McBride" before today, but now I do and I'm furious on his behalf. Good luck and godspeed David, I will be cheering for you from overseas.
atleast he didn't go the way of those two Boeing whistleblowers....yet
Honestly sounds like the US…sounds like way too many countries. LMFAO…and we’re simply humans, animals living on this planet and THIS is what unnaturally took over; greed. 🙄 The few, enslaving the masses, imprisoning the truth…and for what? Wouldn’t want the mind or the life of anyone in power… sounds like endless torture, not thriving.
This is why we have guns in America.
@@NonLegitNation2 oh god I hope that doesn't happen to him
>This is why we have guns in America
you couldn't have engaged without making this comment?
This is so disappointing as an Australian. Free David McBride
Disappointment is a gross understatement. The law is written by the minority to serve them, not us, the people.
Let’s go YT algo , Blow this video to minimum 10Millions views
Thank you! ✊
I never thought I'd live in a time where someone *uncovering* war crimes was treated worse than the people who *committed those war crimes*
Disgusting time to be alive
So, every time period ever?
@@Serjo777That’s what I was thinking. These crimes have been happening for centuries, we’re just getting more media coverage of it now. So people are starting to realize how corrupt things are.
Welcome to the history of humanity
I think it’s an incredible time to be alive 🙏❤️ I am so very grateful to be alive at this time. We ARE Winning! 🙏✊❤️✊
It’s Biblical. It’s Amazing. They are falling, all over the world they are falling fast now. Take heart, keep praying and enjoy the show. Nearly over now
Sociopaths and psychopath are the most likely to get higher positions in politics. Because of total lack of empathy. Why do you need the government at all if they are ruled by such people? Government people are only SERVICE PERSONNEL for your own taxes. Just like any other janitor or plumber or mop cleaners. But they made you believe that they are oh so important. It's crazy how so many people are willingly and mindlessly approve all that and obey. You should raise the awareness of this. Who would in the sane mind obey everything that some janitor says just because he calls it a "law". It's the law against better people in favor of psychopaths in power.
We need a Royal Commission into US and UK foreign interference -- especially with respect to MIL/SEC, duopoly, resource corporations and foreign policy
They won't do it. Its enraging, but they cant
Yep, but they're our masters. It is not foreign interference if the 'Good Guys' do it, remember?
I suspect that it would not find anything of interest
great idea, will never happen
"I'm the ghost of Gough Whitlam and I endorse this statement!" -- Michael (edit) Hand (probably)
Solidarity from the UK. Absolutely disgraceful treatment of an upstanding man.
do something then
Australia mate
The whole world is watching, support & love from Finland.
@@TheForgottenOddKing weirdo
Huge respect from India. We need heroes like you here
I'm not an Australian, I don't know who this man is, but the moment he said he knew ahead of time that he would go to prison with his head held high, I respect this man.
same
do something then
@@TheForgottenOddKing seriously, when you wake up, just think to yourself and maybe stop being such a keyboard warrior saying the same “then do something” underneath pretty much any comment. How about YOU do something for once your pathetic life that isn’t replying to comments.
This outcome disgusts me. a dark day for Australian Democracy.
Lol Democracy? Anyone we're allowed to elect has already been filtered by our bosses in the USA. We are not a sovereign nation. Never was. Always doing as the UK or USA tells us to.
you country is built on suffering, are you mates really this daft
Democracy used to mean something a long time ago. Now it is nothing more than a word they use to lull you into believing you actually mean something, that your vote actually counts and that you live within a fair judicial system. It's all bs!
The trouble is this is not just Australia it's a worldwide situation, it's bigger than most people could even imagine.
Truth
100% Truth!! This is also going on in the US!
Satans last stand. Jesus is coming soon. Judgement is ultimately the Lords.
@@zinnia3684Thats how it all started. Jesus is our life force energy and the Bible is esoteric knowledge.
The return is not outside unless you’re getting your knowledge from man and not God. Nowhere in the Bible does it say that, in fact you probably wouldn’t like being called what the Bible says those folks are - no offense either. I just know how a lot of yall think bc I was a Christian after making water spin like a water bender, btw I asked God for permission to do it.
Satan is our dark side/darkness and Christ is the Light/high vibrational actions - since that’s all that exists, thinking does nothing unless you’re applying. We are the word of God along with everything else, simply bc everything is vibrations, light, and superconsciousness/intelligence behind all creation - which is a construct of your subconscious
YHWEH is Saturn, the dark side, the demiurge. These are allegories for living in harmony with nature - God The Father is Creation. The Sun is Christ, as above so below. Bring Heaven down to earth.
The kingdom of God is within, so is the throne - revelations tells us this with the seven spirits leading to Gods throne - which are your chakras (if you say that’s demonic then you get your info from man- those are simply your energy centers which create your emotions - I say this with love too, I just want you to know how serious the corruption is) That’s why they want us feeding our body and not our Spirit/Soul - We are feeding Saturn bc that energy makes our body/soul denser. - Your body is powered by your soul - God shaved a piece of itself off, sent it down, our soul traveled from outside the firmament, through the planes of existence (plane’t’s) and as we go through the planes we embody an energetic/astral body which keeps on piling on until we get the flesh
It’s really complex which is why the church has watered it down but all this is proven through the symbolism- bc words don’t exist, they just point to something that does - Words are symbolic nowadays not their definition. Like govern-ment. Is to govern the mind
@@zinnia3684and atonement of sins
At-one-ment
Coming together to create one mind - mergin the dark and light to give you a Whole (holy) being ❤
“I will sit in jail, I will get stronger in jail” YES
David McBride's imprisonment is not just a legal injustice; it’s a deeply personal tragedy that resonates far beyond the courtroom. For exposing the truth about war crimes in Afghanistan, McBride has paid an extraordinary price, facing years behind bars while the true perpetrators remain free. This isn’t just a failure of the justice system-it’s a failure of our moral compass.
To David’s family, know that your courage and resilience in the face of this gross injustice do not go unnoticed. The strength you show during these trying times is a testament to the values David stands for-truth, integrity, and justice. We stand with you, hoping for a day when true justice prevails and David’s sacrifice is rightfully honored.
Well said. There will be hell to pay when this man gets the freedom he deserves, and there will be so many more of us standing with him then.
This was clearly written by ChatGPT.
Nice try, though.
@@arenomusic I didn't know anything about this before I saw this video, so I read David McBride's Wikipedia article, and that led me to an article in The Sydney Morning Herald. It is by Angus Thompson, timestamped November 14, 2023 - 12.48pm, and entitled "Blindly obeying orders ‘ignores Nuremberg’: Whistleblower’s lawyer". I'd post the link, but we all know what RUclips's like when it comes to links. Here are some quotations from the article:
• Stephen Odgers, SC, said his client [sc. McBride] was motivated by a belief special forces soldiers were being illegally investigated after Crown prosecutor Patricia McDonald, SC, told the court the accused man had said journalists had used the documents to publish “the opposite of what I [sc. McBride] believed”.
• McDonald told Justice David Mossop on Monday that McBride leaked the documents because he believed there was no proper basis for investigating Australian special forces troops.
• “As I understood it, the Crown case was that he was disclosing these matters because […] he thought that the people who do bad things were being investigated too much,” Mossop said.
• Mossop replied [to Odgers]: “I think the way you’ve explained it is that the higher-ups might have been acting illegally by investigating these people too much, and that that was the source of the illegality that was being exposed.” Odgers agreed.
• McDonald said “purporting to disclose over-investigation of special forces troops was not in the public interest”.
So it seems that McBride leaked those military documents to the ABC because he *objected to the investigation of war crimes* committed by Australian forces. He wasn't whistleblowing about cover-ups; he was whistleblowing about the opposite.
@@howtoappearincompletely9739 "So it seems that McBride leaked those military documents to the ABC because he objected to the investigation of war crimes committed by Australian forces. He wasn't whistleblowing about cover-ups; he was whistleblowing about the opposite."
Yes, this was the takeaway I got from the same article. I'm not sure if it's an accurate portrayal or not, but it's eye-catching either way.
@@synchronium24 Well, in general, I take anything a journalist writes with at least a pinch of salt. In that article, however, I am inclinced to trust that the direct quotations from the judge and the prosecuting and defence barristers are probably accurate, since the newspaper would not want to be held liable for misquoting or libelling legal figures, since legal figures are those best placed to sue that newspaper.
They sent Nelson Mandela to prison,,,,,He became President of South Africa,,,,,,the battle has just started
Nelson Mandela was a terrorist !
Mandela was a terrorist!
McBride is a traitor!
Because he was a deep state puppet.
True... But hopefully when David comes out of prison he won't affiliate with a party that will ruin the country the way Mandela's party ruined SA
He was a terrorist though.
no one is ever gonna see this, but the fact that this case has been so well-hidden from the rest of the world
I have heard the name, but this should have made headlines. Let's hope this video spreads.
Most likely countries with similar problems use "super injunctions" to ban the media from reporting...
American here in the middle of Appalachia... my youtube is all cooking and sports channels. This popped up in the top of my feed today.
I'm a video editor and this showed up, currently 1M views.
im based in Boston, currently in Toronto. Im watching and want to know more.
Corruption is everywhere, thanks for your service for the nation!
"They tried to bury me. They didn't realise I was a seed". Sinead O'Connor
It is insane that people exposing actual corruption within the government go to jail. It just blows my mind. I hope the appeal goes in your favor. Also, excellently produced video
By all accounts, it looks like McBride was the one trying to cover up war criminals. I hope this is inaccurate, but I wouldn't bet on it.
"During the case, his lawyers said McBride leaked information to the press because he was concerned about the Australian Defence Force's excessive investigation of special forces soldiers in Afghanistan."
Didn’t expect to see thee BobbyDuke here
We sure this isn't 1924?
Bush passed “Patriot Act” to legalise arresting Whistleblowers. It’s crazy 90% people don’t want that law.
Not the cameo I was prepared for, but I’m glad all the same!
Imagine going to jail for exposing the truth, absolutely disgraceful what the government is doing to you man. Australians gotta unite and break you out of the slammer bro
Those corrupt persons and injust courts are not going to get a second chance.
If only you knew..
Keep safe, keep being good.
This is a real man. This man has a spine and is using it to carry this heavy weight.
Truly an injustice.
I read about this on Aljazeera. For a week I discussed McBride's plight with my adult students. Everyone's unanimous: You were wronged!
Al Jazeera loves reporting anti Western content, they won't report on anything having to do with anything critical of the Petro-states or anything nearing a criticism of Islamist groups.
I feel for this guy but he shouldn't be leaking classified material.
He was trying to stop the army from investigating war crimes committed by Australian soldier.
He wasn't whistleblowing, he was trying to keep war crimes covered up.
@@crazyrobots6565 so leaking classified information is covering up crimes? very interesting
Keep discussing it. Surely that'll do something!
@@MysticRL Apparently a lot more than… opposing people bringing attention to it.
What a fucked up world we live in, this man risked his freedom to bring to light the horrible crimes done in Afghanistan, and instead of the people responsible getting arrested, he's facing 5 years in jail, and this is what we call justice.
You're a true hero David, I can only imagine what you and you're family are going trough, it's people like you that make me still have hope in humanity.
This is the same country that used police brutality against people simply going to the beach a few years ago. I'm not surprised.
So what we going to do about it? ..........nothing.
@@zoomtruth1013 We will vote
@@Kaerussshate to be the bearer of bad news but we also voted for this last time.
@@zoomtruth1013 talking about it, and expressing how wrong this is, is already doing something, but staying quite and letting this sort of thing happen it's just going to be an example, to not just Austrailia, to other countries that they can do this and get way with it.
The truth always rises to the top. Sometimes it can be mired in the muck of bureaucracy but that quickly fades away when the lies meant for it's place don't work. Thank you and Keep Up the Fight!
Ben roberts-smith is walking around like a protected species. But this guy is in jail??? Fucken outrageous!!
Disgusting. 😡
BRS could never measure up to the man David McBride is. Never.
speak to your local member
Keep in mind which one of these men Kerry Stokes decided to bankroll!
A random guy from Ethiopia 🇪🇹 here. I came across this video by accident. I don't know who David McBride is so after watching this video, I researched him on the internet for half an hour and it's heartbreaking what's happening to him. I hope you win your appeal, sir. God bless you. I'll pray for you.
Peace to you all in Ethiopia.
Same dude im czech and randomly sumbled upon this
David McBride, a dual British and Australian citizen, served in both the British and Australian militaries. He became a lawyer for the Australian Army and was deployed to Afghanistan. There, he grew concerned about the handling of potential war crimes by Australian special forces.
In 2016, McBride leaked classified documents to the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC). These documents reportedly contained evidence of war crimes, including killings of Afghan civilians and prisoners. This became known as "The Afghan Files" and exposed serious allegations to the public.
The Australian government launched an investigation into the leak, and in 2018, McBride faced charges related to unlawfully disclosing classified information. He argued he was protected by whistleblower laws due to the public interest in exposing potential war crimes.
McBride's case became a flashpoint for debate around whistleblowing and national security. In 2023, he ultimately pleaded guilty to the charges. May 2024, he was sentenced to nearly six years in prison, with a non-parole period of over two years.
The "Afghan Files" triggered an official inquiry, the Brereton Report, which confirmed some of the allegations in the leaked documents. Despite this, no soldiers have been charged with war crimes to date. McBride's case has raised concerns about protections for whistleblowers who expose potential government wrongdoing.
Yeah but he still broke the law, and whatever belief he may have had, doesn’t detract from that. The AU government made an antiquated awful-but-lawful decision on a case that essentially was leaking classified government documents over the personal belief that serious war crimes were to happen.
Damn, this one hit hard.
I knew a danish veteran. He became a whistleblower by leaking what he witnessed was going on in Iraq.
He was a passionate, yet struggling man and he fought. Hard.
He took his own life recently.
R.I.P. Anders
nice chatgpt
Aside from the - most likely - factual information (am not familiar with this case), the last 2 paragraphs are a nice sentiment, but as we all know, absolutely nothing positive will be done as a result of this.
@@---nu4edexactly, he is not a whistleblower. He was doing the opposite of what people claim
To the Australian government, sincerely,
What in the hell do you think you’re doing?
I´m from czech republic. This got recommended to me. Dear Australian system you are utterly fucked up.
He pled guilty.
Sure thing ,take off the mask Australia government
@@1000Phoenix he knows what he did, and what he did was expose warcrimes covered up by politicians in order to keep their offices (simplified)
českej koment jsem tu teda nečekal lol
I’ve been to Czech it’s just as corrupt if not worse over there how can you sit here and comment this…
Corrupt law.
I remember reading a quote somewhere that went along the lines of; “if you cut off a man’s tongue and try to silence him, you are only showing everyone that you’re afraid of what he has to say”
Someone attributed that to the Game of Thrones character of Tyrion Lanaster
Whether that is true, I cannot say
We have no protections while the monsters are in power!
we need a global bastille overhaul
Absolutely disgusting behaviour from the Australian legal system. Free David McBride
Americans had a hand in this, it's American military secrets that were shared
Arresting a guy for revealing warcrimes... yeah that makes total sense
a crime is a crime. doesn't matter if you were morally right or not.
@@dophs321that’s stupid, it shouldn’t be a crime to begin with 🤡
@@dophs321 are you stupid?
@@dophs321 warcrime is also crime so your point doesn't make sense.
@@wolfyoy420 my point is if you want this guy to not face any penalties then you are doing exactly what he exposed, letting crimes have no repercussions
Australia, Canada, and the US. We have a serious problem with corruption.
As a Nigerian, I can only LMAO with teary eyes at this comment 🥲
@@JojoDamap It doesn't make what they said any less true.
@@JojoDamap just because your corrupt leaders arent smart enough to do it in the shadows doesnt mean there are other countries that cant.
@@ugib8377 I didn’t say that it did
@@JojoDamapthe issue is that these western countries do an extremely good job at hiding it.
Here i thought only America did shit like that. This dude doesn't deserve this. FREE HIM
You were the only one who did the right thing and you were thrown in jail it’s not right at all. I hope you get an appeal.
Why don't the people get together and put immense pressure on the gov to release him? Instead of sitting in your homes doing nothing except writing comments and pressing a like button while the man is in a 3 by 3 metre cell.
@@jameshoneysettJDHCreations I don’t know man I am not in aus so this and the go fund me are about all I can do
@@jameshoneysettJDHCreations I'm personally not going to do anything because why should I?
The vast majority of Australian's don't give a stuff about Individual Liberty & Freedom. The Vast majority of Australians vote for higher Taxes, the Vast Majority of Australians vote for Bigger Government, the Vast Majority of Australians ACCEPT being lied to EVERY DAY by ALL Politicians, The Vast Majority of Australians acquiesce to being Extorted by their own Government every day.
Again please tell me why I, or anybody else who values Individual Liberty do anything
Thats what I always wonder at times like this @@jameshoneysettJDHCreations
@@jameshoneysettJDHCreations Because till election time rolls around again and people can put an independent in charge of their electorate who will hold the other parties accountable to do something about it all we can do is spread the word
Crimnals are running the world at this moment!!! Horrible!!
Not just at this moment, they ALWAYS have!
@@truthbombs-ii7keexactly
ikr? who would've thought....
We are letting criminals run the world.
YES INDEED
bro really got thrown in jail for being a decent human being
Not really. I didn't know anything about this before I saw this video, so I read David McBride's Wikipedia article, and that led me to an article in The Sydney Morning Herald. It is by Angus Thompson, timestamped November 14, 2023 - 12.48pm, and entitled "Blindly obeying orders ‘ignores Nuremberg’: Whistleblower’s lawyer". I'd post the link, but we all know what RUclips's like when it comes to links. Here are some quotations from the article:
• Stephen Odgers, SC, said his client [sc. McBride] was motivated by a belief special forces soldiers were being illegally investigated after Crown prosecutor Patricia McDonald, SC, told the court the accused man had said journalists had used the documents to publish “the opposite of what I [sc. McBride] believed”.
• McDonald told Justice David Mossop on Monday that McBride leaked the documents because he believed there was no proper basis for investigating Australian special forces troops.
• “As I understood it, the Crown case was that he was disclosing these matters because […] he thought that the people who do bad things were being investigated too much,” Mossop said.
• Mossop replied [to Odgers]: “I think the way you’ve explained it is that the higher-ups might have been acting illegally by investigating these people too much, and that that was the source of the illegality that was being exposed.” Odgers agreed.
• McDonald said “purporting to disclose over-investigation of special forces troops was not in the public interest”.
So it seems that McBride leaked those military documents to the ABC because he *objected to the investigation of war crimes* committed by Australian forces. He wasn't whistleblowing about cover-ups; he was whistleblowing about the opposite.
wow...
@@howtoappearincompletely9739 However it came about, the man objectively released the truth of what happened to the public in which we now know that war crimes had been committed. Even if we could trust the source and say it's true, the truth came out and that's the important part.
RUclips put this on my queue, I’m in Canada and just learning of this. . David, the world needs more people with your integrity. I am hoping the courts can see your value, your integrity and courage to do the morally right thing.