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David William McBride (* 15. Dezember 1963)[1] ist ein australischer Whistleblower und ehemaliger Militärjurist. Er stellte der Australian Broadcasting Corporation Dokumente zur Verfügung, die Informationen über von australischen Soldaten in Afghanistan verübte Kriegsverbrechen enthielten.[2]

In 2018, McBride was charged with several offences related to unlawfully disclosing Commonwealth documents. In 2023, he pleaded guilty to the charges. During the case, it was revealed McBride leaked information to the press after concerns about the Australian Defence Force's excessive investigation of special forces soldiers.[3]

Frühes Leben[Bearbeiten | Quelltext bearbeiten]

McBride wurde als Sohn des Gynäkologen William McBride und seiner Ehefrau Patricia McBride, geb. Glover, ebenfalls Ärztin, geboren.[4][5][6] Er hat zwei Schwestern, Catherine und Louise, und einen Bruder, John.[7][5]

Er schloss ein Jurastudium an der Universität Sydney ab und erhielt anschließend ein Stipendium für ein zweites Studium desselben Fachs an der Universität Oxford.[5]

Karriere[Bearbeiten | Quelltext bearbeiten]

McBride joined the British Army and served in Germany before training at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst and then commanding a Blues and Royals platoon in Northern Ireland.[5] He left the army after failing to complete the entry requirements for the Special Air Service.[5]

After a period in civilian life, including security work in Rwanda and Zaire, a stint as a "tracker" on the 1990s British reality-style television game show, Wanted,[5] as security adviser to the series Journeys to the Ends of the Earth, and an unsuccessful 2003 attempt to win a New South Wales Legislative Assembly seat representing Coogee, for the Liberal Party,[8][9] he enlisted in the Australian Army as a lawyer.[5]

McBride twice deployed to Afghanistan, in 2011 and 2013.[2][5] He was medically discharged with post-traumatic stress disorder in 2017.[5]

In 2023, McBride published his memoir The Nature of Honour.[10]

Leak of military documents[Bearbeiten | Quelltext bearbeiten]

In 2016, McBride leaked classified military documents to the Australian Broadcasting Corporation.[5] McBride had become dissatisfied with military leadership and increased scrutiny of soldiers.[5][11] The ABC found evidence of war crimes and published the information in their 2017 publication The Afghan Files.[12][13] McBride was allegedly unhappy with ABC's reporting of his documents.[11][14]

In September 2018, McBride was arrested at Sydney Airport[11] and charged with the theft of Commonwealth property contrary to s 131(1) of the Criminal Code Act 1995; in March 2019 he was charged with a further four offences: three of breaching s 73A(1) of the Defence Act 1903; and another of "unlawfully disclosing a Commonwealth document contrary to s 70(1) of the Crimes Act 1914".[15][16][17][18][4] McBride pleaded not guilty to each of the charges at a 30 May 2019 preliminary hearing.[15][19] His legal team includes Nick Xenophon and Mark Davis.[2][20]

In October 2022, it was reported that the case against McBride would proceed to trial. McBride and his lawyers had tried to get the prosecution dropped by applying for protection under Australia's whistleblower laws. This application relied on expert testimony of 2 witnesses. However, the Australian Government moved to quash this testimony (prevent it from being heard) on national security grounds. Consequently McBride and his team dropped the application to stop the trial.[21]

During McBride's 2023 legal proceedings in the Supreme Court of the Australian Capital Territory, McBride's lawyers told the court that he had leaked information in an attempt to bring awareness to excessive investigation of soldiers.[3] Justice David Mossop stated "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."[22]

McBride pleaded guilty on 17 November 2023.[23] The plea came after Justice Mossop ruled that he would instruct the incoming jury that McBride was not bound to act in the public interest under his oath of service[24] and the government were allowed to claim public-interest immunity for documents McBride's defence team sought to use.[25] No appeal was allowed for either decision, with sentencing set for May 2024.[26]

Personal life[Bearbeiten | Quelltext bearbeiten]

McBride has two daughters from a former marriage, to Sarah (née Green). The couple separated in 2016.[5]

A portrait of McBride, titled The Whistleblower, by Kate Stevens won the 2023 Portia Geach Memorial Award.[27]

In 2023, Crikey named McBride their Person of the Year.[28]

Weblinks[Bearbeiten | Quelltext bearbeiten]

Einzelnachweise[Bearbeiten | Quelltext bearbeiten]

  1. ↑ David McBride: The Nature of Honour. Viking Press, 2023, ISBN 978-1-76089-799-4, S. 30, 206.
  2. ↑ a b c Nick Xenophon: If moral courage matters, this whistleblower needs defending. In: The Age. 17. November 2020, abgerufen am 19. November 2020.
  3. ↑ a b Elizabeth Byrne: David McBride came back to Australia for a father and daughter dance. It set in motion years of legal woes. ABC, November 2023;.
  4. ↑ a b Christopher Knaus: Whistleblower charged with exposing alleged military misconduct 'not afraid to go to jail' In: The Guardian, 7 March 2019 
  5. ↑ a b c d e f g h i j k l David Wroe: 'What I've done makes sense to me': The complicated, colourful life of David McBride In: The Sydney Morning Herald, 22 June 2019. Abgerufen im 19 November 2020 
  6. ↑ Chris Wallace: David McBride’s whistleblower defence crashes In: The Saturday Paper, 18 November 2023. Abgerufen im 16 March 2024 
  7. ↑ Doctor who alerted the world to the dangers of thalidomide. In: The Sydney Morning Herald. 18. Juli 2018, abgerufen am 16. März 2024 (englisch).
  8. ↑ Vorlage:Cite NSW election
  9. ↑ Former soldier sets his sights on Labor seat In: The Sydney Morning Herald, 21 July 2002. Abgerufen im 19 November 2020 
  10. ↑ David McBride: 'The leadership rewarded and encouraged dishonesty'. In: Australian Financial Review. November 2023;.
  11. ↑ a b c Chris Masters: Flawed Hero. Allen & Unwin, 2023, ISBN 978-1-76106-981-9, S. 107.
  12. ↑ Katharine Murphy: We knew the war crimes inquiry would be bad – but this is gut-wrenching and nauseating In: The Guardian, 19 November 2020 
  13. ↑ Elias Visontay, Christopher Knaus: Inquiry into alleged war crimes by Australian special forces in Afghanistan delivers final report In: The Guardian, 6 November 2020. Abgerufen im 19 November 2020 
  14. ↑ Finbar O'Mallon: Judge's warning for defence whistleblower. In: The Canberra Times. Oktober 2019;: „"According to the documents, McBride was unhappy with the angle Mr Oakes had pursued, believing it wasn't consistent with the complaints he made, and the two stopped talking before the story was published."“
  15. ↑ a b ABC Alumni Limited Submission to Senate Standing committee On Environment and Communications' References Committee: Inquiry into the adequacy of Commonwealth laws and frameworks covering the disclosure and reporting of sensitive and classified information. 29. August 2019, abgerufen am 19. November 2020.
  16. ↑ Afghan Files whistleblower David McBride's trial delayed to protect state secrets In: The Guardian, 13. Juni 2019. Abgerufen im 10 November 2020 
  17. ↑ Katie Burgess: Afghanistan inquiry: Calls to drop prosecution of whistleblower David McBride In: The Canberra Times, 9 November 2020. Abgerufen im 19 November 2020 
  18. ↑ Katie Burgess: The Afghanistan inquiry: what we know so far In: The Canberra Times, 19 November 2020 
  19. ↑ Samantha Maiden: Whistleblower behind ABC raid stands by Afghan leaks In: The New Daily, 5 June 2019. Abgerufen im 19 November 2020 
  20. ↑ Katie Burgess: Afghanistan inquiry: Calls to drop prosecution of whistleblower David McBride In: The Canberra Times, 19 November 2020. Abgerufen im 22 November 2020 
  21. ↑ David McBride will face prosecution after blowing whistle on alleged war crimes in Afghanistan In: The Guardian, 27 October 2022 
  22. ↑ Angus Thompson: Blindly obeying orders 'ignores Nuremberg': Whistleblower's lawyer. Sydney Morning Herald, November 2023;.
  23. ↑ Christopher Knaus, Sarah Basford Canales: Whistleblower David McBride pleads guilty after court rules to withhold evidence over 'security' risk. In: The Guardian. November 2023;.
  24. ↑ Elizabeth Byrne, Markus Mannheim: Military lawyer David McBride pleads guilty to unlawfully sharing secret allegations of Australian war crimes, ABC, 17 November 2023 
  25. ↑ Angus Thompson: Commonwealth argues against handing more intel to whistleblower as trial delayed, ABC, Nov 2023 
  26. ↑ Military whistleblower gets new sentencing date after delay. In: The Canberra Times. 6. März 2024, abgerufen am 29. April 2024 (australisches Englisch).
  27. ↑ John McDonald: War, wildlife and weirdness dominate this women's art prize. In: The Sydney Morning Herald. 22. November 2023, abgerufen am 2. Dezember 2023 (englisch).
  28. ↑ Charles Lewis: Crikey's Person of the Year for 2023 is… In: Crikey. 21. Dezember 2023; (englisch).

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Personendaten
NAME McBride, David
ALTERNATIVNAMEN McBride, David William (vollständiger Name)
KURZBESCHREIBUNG australischer Whistleblower und ehemaliger Militärjurist
GEBURTSDATUM 15. Dezember 1963
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