Post by NFA on Mar 2, 2024 7:34:35 GMT 8
Why so cagey – be upfront and tell us who betrayed our nation
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Why is ASIO protecting a spy who betrayed Australia? One can accept senior intelligence agencies refusing to give up their secrets on how they unravelled espionage – especially if they continue to use the same tactics and sources today – but there is greater risk in refusing to tell politicians which colleague sold them out.
If police can hold press conferences revealing drug and weapon seizures from crime cartels without giving up the identities of their undercover agents and precise details of operations, then why can’t ASIO disclose the identity of this spy?
It’s not that nobody knows – some obviously do, and everyone else is guessing.
It matters because if there is one group that threatens to outnumber parliamentarians on any given sitting day, it is former politicians.
Often wearing an orange lobby pass in after-pay jobs at the companies they used to regulate – but also, in some cases, socially, or offering favour to a now-elected protege – they are given free range of the corridors of parliament. They can easily mix with political staff, politicians’ families and parliamentarians in the cafeteria, and walk into any office without warning.
For ASIO to simply say “It is a historical matter that was appropriately dealt with at the time” gives cause to wonder how it was dealt with since no one is in jail.
We can punish people who go 10km/h over the speed limit or those who cut down a tree without permission but not a treasonist who used their trusted position to betray our country?
China has no problem imposing a suspended death sentence on Yang Hengjun but ASIO is too timid even to name a traitor.
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Why is ASIO protecting a spy who betrayed Australia? One can accept senior intelligence agencies refusing to give up their secrets on how they unravelled espionage – especially if they continue to use the same tactics and sources today – but there is greater risk in refusing to tell politicians which colleague sold them out.
If police can hold press conferences revealing drug and weapon seizures from crime cartels without giving up the identities of their undercover agents and precise details of operations, then why can’t ASIO disclose the identity of this spy?
It’s not that nobody knows – some obviously do, and everyone else is guessing.
It matters because if there is one group that threatens to outnumber parliamentarians on any given sitting day, it is former politicians.
Often wearing an orange lobby pass in after-pay jobs at the companies they used to regulate – but also, in some cases, socially, or offering favour to a now-elected protege – they are given free range of the corridors of parliament. They can easily mix with political staff, politicians’ families and parliamentarians in the cafeteria, and walk into any office without warning.
For ASIO to simply say “It is a historical matter that was appropriately dealt with at the time” gives cause to wonder how it was dealt with since no one is in jail.
We can punish people who go 10km/h over the speed limit or those who cut down a tree without permission but not a treasonist who used their trusted position to betray our country?
China has no problem imposing a suspended death sentence on Yang Hengjun but ASIO is too timid even to name a traitor.