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Australian Secret Intelligence Service

Australia · founded 1952 · Australia's foreign human-intelligence service.

Episode: CLASSIFIED — COMING SOON

Section: Asia-Pacific

Case files (1): Timor-Leste bugging allegation and the Witness K prosecution

Documented items (2)

ALLEGED During treaty talks; reported 2019

Alleged bugging of Timor-Leste's government offices

The Guardian reports ASIS officers were instructed to bug Timor-Leste government offices during oil and gas negotiations; the Australian government has not, in the cited source, confirmed it.

Sources (opened in a new tab):

The Guardian: Witness K and the 'outrageous' spy scandal ↗ https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2019/aug/10/witness-k-and-the-outrageous-spy-scandal-that-failed-to-shame-australia

VERIFIED Charged 2018

Prosecution of Witness K and Bernard Collaery

The pair were charged with conspiring to breach section 39 of the Intelligence Services Act over communicating information obtained in the course of ASIS employment.

Sources (opened in a new tab):

The Guardian: Witness K and the 'outrageous' spy scandal ↗ https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2019/aug/10/witness-k-and-the-outrageous-spy-scandal-that-failed-to-shame-australia