david mcbride is a seasoned attorney. after studying for a 2nd law degree at oxford university, he joined the british military and eventually moved back to us trail. yeah. where he became a lawyer in the australian defense forces. in that role, he had 2 tours in afghanistan in 20112013. while on deployment, mcbride became critical of the terms of engagement and other regulations that soldiers were working under which he felt were endangered in military personnel for the sake of political imperatives determined elsewhere by 2014 mcbride had compiled a da ca, into profound command failings that saw examples of potential war crimes in afghanistan overlooked, and other soldiers wrongly accused his internal complaints were suppressed and ignored. mcbride's reports also looked at other matters, including the military's handling of sexual abuse allegations. after his use of internal channels had proven ineffective, mcbride gave his report to the police and eventually he contacted journalist at abc . nbc is asked and files docume