Good Weekend Talks: Former army lawyer David McBride on the cost of being a whistleblower
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English - March 01, 2024 19:00 - 35 minutes - 32.3 MB - ★★★★ - 14 ratingsBusiness News News Business Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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David McBride is awaiting sentencing for the leak of classified military documents from his time as an army lawyer in Afghanistan.
In a candid conversation with senior Good Weekend writer Jane Cadzow, he speaks about what led him to do it, the personal fallout and his complex relationship with his father William, who blew the whistle on problems with thalidomide in the 1960s before his own fall from grace.
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