Australian government orders ASIO raids to suppress East Timor spying evidence

http://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2013/12/04/asio-d04.html
Date Written:  2013-12-04
Publisher:  World Socialist Web Site
Year Published:  2013
Resource Type:  Article
Cx Number:  CX15469

The Abbott governmen ordered Australian Security Intelligence Organisation (ASIO) and Australian Federal Police (AFP) raids on the homes and offices of a lawyer and former intelligence agency whistleblower involved in an international legal challenge to Australia’s spying on the East Timor government during maritime border talks in 2004.

Subject Headings

• East Timor
• National Security
• Police Raids
• Search Warrants
• Spying
• Surveillance