david mcbride. david blew the whistle on australia and special forces murdering $39.00 civilians in afghanistan. it's a long story, but after a military commission recommended that no charges be filed against him, the government filed anyway. and in mid may, david was sentenced to nearly 6 years in prison. you spend a lot of time in australia. why is the australian government united now and its support for julian assad, but they persecute and prosecute david mcbride, a bona fide hero of human rights? well, i was inside the court room in november for the 4 days of his trial and he had to plead guilty because they denied him in defense. essentially, the, what we call marshals in the united states or agents of the attorney general went in and were actually removed. documents from the possession of the defense that they claimed was still classified. they would not allow him to issue a public interest defensive. david mcbride was arguing that he was following his old to the queen at the time and how the k