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| Australian Federal police raid Journalists home after spy story released |
| 2008-09-23 |
| AUSTRALIAN Federal Police (AFP) have raided the home of a parliamentary press gallery journalist in the wake of a story about defence intelligence. It is believed seven AFP officers arrived at the home of Canberra Times journalist Philip Dorling about 8.30am (AEST) today. "The AFP confirms that it executed a search warrant at Braddon and on a vehicle,'' a police spokesman said. It is understood the raid follows a story Mr Dorling did for the newspaper on June 14 in which he wrote that Australian spies were targeting key nations, including Japan, China and North and South Korea. Mr Dorling cited his source as "classified briefing papers'' prepared for Defence Minister Joel Fitzgibbon. The raid was continuing and police would not provide any further information, citing "operational'' matters. Comment was being sought from The Canberra Times and Mr Dorling. |
| Posted by:Oztralian |
| #4 European Conservative, Did you just lecture us? <:| |
| Posted by: Red Dawg 2008-09-23 20:49 |
| #3 State authorities always tend to get these things wrong. Raiding the home of a journalist is jusdt going to make him a martyr (without much suffering) and lends credibility to what he writes. "he wrote that Australian spies were targeting key nations, including Japan, China and North and South Korea" All you do is a snark remark that he forgot New Zealand and let the matter rest. What are spies supposed to do anyway? Spying on Tasmanian devils? |
| Posted by: European Conservative 2008-09-23 09:14 |
| #2 Police raid on journo 'unacceptable' |
| Posted by: Oztralian 2008-09-23 04:03 |
| #1 Hopefully this "journalist" will eventually be able to write a book about his many long years as a guest of the state in one of their finer penal institutions. To be published posthumously. |
| Posted by: Anonymoose 2008-09-23 00:37 |