Izindaba ze-Consortium, November 28, 2020
Intatheli yeAustralia Broadcasting Corporation 'Amakhona Amane' uPeter Cronau kanye no (ret.) US Col. Ann Wright baxoxa ngeBrereton Report esanda kukhishwa ngamacala ezempi e-Afghanistan ngamabutho akhethekile ase-Australia kanye nomlando omude wokungajeziswa kuka-U, S. ubugebengu bempi.
UWright, owasiza ukuvula kabusha inxusa laseMelika e-Afghanistan ngo-2001 njengommeli waseMelika, ukhuluma ngamacala aseMelika angakhulumeki kuleliya lizwe nakwezinye izindawo nokuthi kungani ezoqhubeka kuze kwenzeke into eyodwa.
Umbiko wase-Australia uqinisekisa ukwambulwa intatheli ye-ABC uDan Oakes noSam Clark kwi-2017 yakhe ethi 'The Afghan Files', ngemuva kokuthi umshayi wamasosha uDavid McBride enikeze cishe amakhasi ayi-1000 wezinto ezihlukanisiwe ezichaza izehlakalo. Cishe eminyakeni emibili kamuva, lo msakazi kazwelonke wahlaselwa ngamaphoyisa ase-Australia futhi bobabili u-Oakes noMcBride bathweswa icala.
Inyanga ngaphambi kokukhishwa kombiko kaBrereton, amaphoyisa anquma ukuwahoxisa amacala ayebhekene nale ntatheli, ngemuva kokuthi uMnyango Wezokushushiswa Komphakathi (CDPP) wawuthatha ngokuthi wawungeyona inhloso yomphakathi. Ukushushiswa kukaMcBride kuyaqhubeka kodwa.
Ithimba labaphenyi be-ABC e-Four Corners, eliholwa nguMark Willacy, liqhubekile nokusebenza ngale ndaba, futhi lokhu kwaholela ekuthini kuqhamuke impempe yesibili yezempi, uBraden Chapman, isikhulu se-Signals Intelligence esazibonela amacala amaningi okusolwa ngawo ibanga eliseduze. Umphumela ube ngumbhalo wemizuzu engama-44 obizwa nge-'Killing Field ', owasakazwa ngoMashi 2020. UWillacy usanda kuklonyeliswa ngeGold Walkley, elingana nePulitzer yase-Australia, ngokubika kwakhe.
