Australian intelligence officer’s secret jailing sparks push for minimum level of transparency

Witness J was was prosecuted and jailed in complete secrecy in 2018 for the unauthorised disclosure of information

Courts should be forced to safeguard a minimum standard of transparency in sensitive national security cases to avoid a repeat of the “deeply concerning” secret prosecution of Witness J, human rights lawyers say.

The national security watchdog will on Wednesday hold a hearing into the case of Witness J, a former military intelligence officer who was prosecuted and jailed in complete secrecy in 2018 for the unauthorised disclosure of information.

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