Lifeboat News: Australian police raid journalist home and ABC offices (June 5, 2019)

Australian police raid journalist home and ABC offices Posted by Margo on June 5, 2019, 9:19 am Police conduct media raids, checking on Australian journalists' culpability for reporting on Australian and American war crimes revealed by Afghan War leaks. Australian journalists now squealing: Assange warned them years ago. Journalist Annika Smethhurst has had her home raided. ABC Journalist John Lyon @TheLyonsDen reports a team of Feds are at ABC HQ offices, scanning hundreds of files and reserving right to edit and/or delete them, which is disturbing in and of iself

typo: 'itself' (nm) Posted by Margo on June 5, 2019, 9:21 am, in reply to "Australian police raid journalist home and ABC offices" .

The NZ police are just as repressive and lawless. Posted by Morrissey on June 5, 2019, 10:03 am, in reply to "Australian police raid journalist home and ABC offices" In 2014 Nicky Hager, one of our outstanding journalists, had his house ransacked for eleven hours by six thugs in police uniform. His crime? He published a book called Dirty Politics, forensically exposing the National Government's character assassination program that was being operated from the office of the prime minister, John Key. https://www.nzherald.co.nz/Nikki-Papatsoumas/news/article.cfm?a_id=960&objectid=11480090 https://morrisseybreen.blogspot.com/2019/05/operation-burnham-inquiry-continues.html

Australian feds raid RT Posted by Tomski on June 5, 2019, 3:01 pm, in reply to "Australian police raid journalist home and ABC offices" https://www.rt.com/news/461108-australian-police-raid-abc-journalists/ Australian feds raid broadcaster’s office over Afghan war crime stories Australian police have raided national broadcaster ABC's headquarters over a 2017 story series exposing crimes committed by special forces in Afghanistan, the second raid on journalists in two days. Six officers, including three police technicians, descended on the broadcaster's Sydney offices with a warrant explaining the raid was "in relation to allegations of publishing classified material, contrary to provisions of the Crimes Act 1914." The classified material in question? Hundreds of pages of leaked defense documents marked AUSTEO (Australian Eyes Only) that formed the basis of ABC's 2017 story series 'The Afghan Files.' The warrant names the report's authors, Dan Oakes and Sam Clark, as well as ABC news director Gaven Morris. The officers rounded up ABC's IT staff to assist in examining their email server looking for "a series of key words," while others scoured a hard drive, according to John Lyons, ABC executive editor and head of investigations department, who live-tweeted the raid. Officers helpfully told him they were interested in "very specific matters" and "certain things," dryly noting "this could take some time," Lyons reported. Four hours into the raid, they had collected over 9,200 files and were deciding which could be seized under the warrant. "It is highly unusual for the national broadcaster to be raided in this way," ABC managing director David Anderson told news.com.au, promising to support its journalists, protect its sources, and "continue to report without fear or favor on national security and intelligence issues when there is a clear public interest." The federal police released a statement after the raid on Wednesday claiming "no arrests are planned today as a result of this activity" and denying it was connected to an intimidating visit paid to another journalist in Canberra the previous day – though it's hard not to see a connection, given both were publishing stories on government misconduct based on documents unavailable to the public. Etc.

Rats. Australian feds raid by RT ... better nm Posted by Tomski on June 5, 2019, 3:13 pm, in reply to "Australian feds raid RT" nm

The Guardian view on media freedom ... Posted by margo on June 5, 2019, 10:03 pm, in reply to "Australian police raid journalist home and ABC offices" What's not said and who's not mentioned ... LINK https://www.dumptheguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/jun/05/the-guardian-view-on-media-freedom-democracies-must-defend-it

an interview with the ABC's "editorial director", one.... Posted by Morrissey on June 6, 2019, 6:27 am, in reply to "The Guardian view on media freedom ..." "editorial director", one Craig McMurtrie, re the police raid on the ABC. McMurtrie and the host, Corin Dann, both used phrases like "chilling effect on journalism" and talked of the need to protect "whistle-blowers". McMurtrie several times expressed surprise that such state intimidation of journalists could occur "in a liberal democracy like Australia." Not once did either McMurtrie or Dann mention the most famed Australian whistle-blower and journalist, Julian Assange. Maybe they just forgot.

That crap interview was on RNZ National, by the way. Posted by Morrissey on June 6, 2019, 6:34 am, in reply to "an interview with the ABC's "editorial director", one...." RNZ National specializes in crap interviews: https://morrisseybreen.blogspot.com/2018/01/mental-skills-coach-gilbert-enoka.html https://morrisseybreen.blogspot.com/2018/01/come-back-kim-hill-urgently-oct-19-2013.html https://morrisseybreen.blogspot.com/2018/01/jesse-mulligan-sometimes-when-i-read.html https://morrisseybreen.blogspot.com/2018/04/megan-whelan-interviews-kirk-hope-jan.html