澳大利亚前陆军律师大卫·麦克布莱德因泄露阿富汗战争机密文件获准假释，已于周四上午离开监狱[1][2]。麦克布莱德于2024年5月被判最高监禁五年零八个月[1][2]，在服完27个月的非假释期后获得假释[1]。检察长米歇尔·罗兰德批准了他的假释申请[2]。
麦克布莱德因帮助窃取并向媒体泄露关于澳大利亚国防部门在阿富汗活动的秘密文件而被定罪，共认罪三项指控[1]。他在2014年5月至2015年12月期间收集了235份机密文件，其中207份被列为绝密[2]。这些材料后来被用作调查系列纪录片《阿富汗档案》的基础，曝光了澳大利亚国防人员在阿富汗的战争罪行[2]。麦克布莱德最近透露自己被诊断出早期肺癌，即将接受手术[2]。
Australian former army lawyer David McBride has been released from prison after successfully obtaining parole on Thursday morning [1][2]. McBride completed 27 months of a non-parole period before being granted parole [1][2]. Attorney-General Michelle Rowland approved his parole application [2].
McBride was sentenced in May 2024 to a maximum of five years and eight months imprisonment [1][2] after pleading guilty to three charges related to obtaining and leaking classified defence documents concerning the Afghanistan war to the media [1]. Between May 2014 and December 2015, he collected 235 classified documents, of which 207 were marked as top secret [2]. The material was subsequently used as the foundation for the documentary series "The Afghan Files," which exposed alleged war crimes committed by Australian defence personnel in Afghanistan [2].
At the time of his release, McBride revealed that he had been diagnosed with early-stage lung cancer and was preparing for surgery [2].