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Australian defence force officer stripped of security clearance over loyalty to Israel (www.theguardian.com)
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The man told Asio interviewers he did not view Israel as a foreign government and that he would share classified information with the Israel Defense Forces if they asked for it.

Asio said the officer, who is Jewish and served 19 years in the Australian military, withheld information from Australian officials about training courses he had undertaken in Israel – where he is not a citizen – which included self-defence, security and firearms training.

He joined a Sydney community security group (CSG) as a volunteer between 2014 and 2023. The CSG is a community organisation that provides security and intelligence services to the Jewish community.

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[–] [email protected] 29 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Frankly sounds like this man needs to discharged, and charged as a foreign agent.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Absolutely.

If he is prepared to break his standing orders and spread classified information on the request of a foreign power, what else would he do if requested by them.

Divided loyalties needs to be treated as no loyalties in this case.