JOURNALISTS have a moral obligation to protect their confidential sources, but do politicians? In ordinary times, a government minister being…
If several people died in civilian custody, would we consider, even for a moment, the suggestion that the honourable course of action would be for a government minister with knowledge of what happened to keep his mouth shut?JOURNALISTS have a moral obligation to protect their confidential sources, but do politicians? In ordinary times, a government minister being threatened with imprisonment by a judge for failing to disclose information about multiple homicides would be headlineof Justice last...
A defamation case last year – brought by Australia’s “most decorated living soldier” – found it was substantially true that he had killed four unarmed Afghan civilians, gunning down one man with a prosthetic leg and kicking another off a cliff. “During all my conversations” with defence staff, he insists he was “assured that the allegations had been investigated and were untrue”.
“I also found it implausible that none of those conducting the operations could remember anything about these operations,” he says, continuing matter-of-factly that “a day in which multiple individuals were killed would have stood out in the memory of all of those present.” His caution to Mercer was stark and merits repetition. “You need to decide which side you are really on, Mr Mercer. Is it assisting the inquiry fully and the public interest and the national interest in getting to the truth of these allegations quickly, for everyone’s sake? Or being part of what is – in effect – an omertà, a wall of silence.
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