Australian defense analyst claims unlawful dismissal - Iraq WMD

[dArKeR]

AP , MELBOURNE
Friday, Apr 23, 2004,Page 5

A former government defense adviser who has said she was sacked for refusing to lie about Iraq's weapons of mass destruction took her claim of unfair dismissal to Australia's labor court yesterday.

Jane Errey, 43, who was dismissed earlier this month from the Defense Department where she was an adviser to former chief defense scientist Ian Chessell, lodged an unfair and unlawful dismissal claim with the Australian Industrial Relations Commission against the federal government.

If she wins, the court can order the government to pay compensation.

Errey, who wrote briefings for Defense Minister Robert Hill, claims she lost her job for refusing to write a briefing that she believed exaggerated details of deposed Iraqi president Saddam Hussein's alleged weapons cache.

Errey, who had access to secret intelligence on Iraq's weapon capabilities from two intelligence agencies, took annual leave the next day -- March 20, when the war in Iraq officially began -- rather than write the paper.

http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/world/archives/2004/04/23/2003137744

[the Kelly Gang]

1. this will make an interesting case..but I bet it's settled out of court

[Tashi]

2. Also this...

"Spy network putrid, army man tells PM
Date: April 14 2004


By Tom Allard, Defence Reporter

A high-ranking military analyst has accused the Federal Government of systematically putting foreign policy objectives ahead of intelligence, seriously undermining the work of its own spies.

A saga that has wracked the military for six years has culminated in General Peter Cosgrove's senior intelligence analyst during the East Timor conflict, Lieutenant-Colonel Lance Collins, writing to the Prime Minster demanding a Royal Commission into the spy services.

The letter says there has been a litany of intelligence failures, from the Sandline affair in Papua New Guinea to East Timor and the Bali bombings and, most recently, the hunt for weapons of mass destruction in Iraq."


http://www.smh.com.au/text/articles/2004/04/13/1081838723574.html

[newyawker99]

3. Hi Tashi!!

Welcome to DU!! :toast: