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MEMBERS of Australia’s intelligence organisations are public servants. If they break the law, endanger the lives of fellow Australians or otherwise stuff-up, it should be a matter for public discussion. From this perspective, the shadow foreign minister, Julie Bishop, did the nation a service during an interview on 25 May when she revealed that Australian officials had forged Australian passports for security operations. Although this was not Bishop’s point, the practice is illegal and potentially dangerous for innocent passport holders. Yet many journalists, security “experts” and senior ministers reacted as if Bishop had machine-gunned a pack of girl guides laying a wreath on a memorial to Simpson and his donkey.
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