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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] 20 points 6 days ago (4 children)

It takes a special kind of stupid to admit you'd commit treason the moment you're asked as a military officer.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 6 days ago

Yeah, not sure how they even got a clearance if that's the level of judgement they showed.

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