You know when someone says something that really pisses you off? And you know why, but there's so many reasons why, that you need to process them all?
We'll we've been having a little battle with the SASR, in case you've not noticed.
My son has had the DVD of the ROI on his YouTube channel for some time now, it's his property, and those that appear in it do so under the underpinning basis of our legal system as defined in the Constitution of the Commonwealth of Australia i.e. to use the evidence in a PUBLIC court of law so that it may be subjected to public scrutiny.
For a couple of months my son has been bullied and begged to remove the ROI, on Monday he was directed by Chief of Army to remove it because it contained people with 'Protected Identities' and then I received a personal email from the Chief of Army explaining that not only did the DVD contain people with Protected Identities, but it also put those individuals at risk in Australia because of the current 'security environment' ...
Why am I so angry you may ask.
FIRSTLY
"Protected Identity status' ONLY applies to the Beret Qualified SASR members, NOT the Support members i.e. those identified in the ROI were support members of SASR NOT Beret Qualified members.
SECONDLY
The whole nature of collecting evidence as an investigator is to present it for PUBLIC examination in a court of law. Therefore from the moment it is produced IT IS a public document, the only point at which publication of that document becomes an issue is when it is 'actually' before a court and may influence a jury. Which despite their apparent best efforts to screw my son over, was NEVER going to make it that far.
THIRDLY
I pointed out that Australian Law Enforcement officers and their families live with a security threat every hour of every day of every week for the duration of their careers. The ADF only experience this when the Government takes policy decisions that increase the risk, and RARELY does that risk emanate from within Australia.
I also suggested that any ADF member who engages in bullying, harassment and what appears to be highly corrupt conduct, does not have the right to wear the uniform of OUR nations ADF, let alone the right to hide these behaviours behind that uniform.
AND THE FINAL REASON...
the culture of the ADF doesn't just extend to bullying and discriminating against GLBTI, Women and other minority groups within their ranks - BUT to others who serve our country.
FOR EXAMPLE:
A very dear friend who served alongside many other AFP friends within the UNCIVPOL in East Timor to establish and secure the environment required to facilitate the Popular Consultation on their independence from Indonesia so that they could become Timor Leste, told me what happened at a very Important Parade of all those who bravely stood alongside the East Timorese at the time of the popular consultation. the most significant number of these UNCIVPOL, were of members of the Australian Federal Police.
When the parade was being formed, the ADF members told my friend and his mates that they were too march at the very end of the parade behind the horses, because that's where PIGS belonged.
Can you imagine the distress that this comment caused these honourable men and women of the AFP?
They were the ones that were forced to go into East Timor without weapons, phones or means of contact with the outside world. They were also the ones that were fired upon by the Militia while unarmed. They were the ones that used their own bodies as human shields to stop the militia killing innocent East Timorese, literally forming physical barriers around buildings by standing in front of them, when intelligence indicated the occupants of these buildings were to be massacred by the Militia. They were the ones who were forced by the UN and the Australian Government to evacuate WITHOUT their local employed staff i.e. the East Timorese who worked for the UN to assist in establishing the environment for, and execution of , the Popular Consultation. They were the ones who were forced to stand idly by and watch footage of these East Timorese, their colleagues and in many cases good friends, being slaughtered by the Militia and Indon military.
And after all they sacrificed, all their honour, courage and compassion ... the ADF relegated them to the back of the parade behind the horses because that's where 'PIGS' belonged.
They spent the parade dodging piles of fresh, steaming, horse shit. I imagine though that this pure innocent form of shit was easier to deal with that the egotistical heartless shit that was at the head of the parade.
Yes, I remember everything.
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