David McBride as he faces sentencing

<p>In recent years, Australia has faced a reckoning over the actions of some of our special forces soldiers, who have gone from decorated heroes to murderers accused of horrific war crimes against civilians.</p><p>David McBride is the former military lawyer who first gave journalists documentary evidence of civilian killings in Afghanistan.</p><p>To his supporters he’s a war crimes whistleblower, but detractors say that was never his motivation.</p><p>During a secretive national security trial, he pleaded guilty to handing over those files and this morning his sentencing hearing gets underway.</p><p>Today, David McBride, on why he did it, whether he has any regrets and how Australia keeps its secrets.</p><p><br /></p><p><strong>Socials: </strong>Stay in touch with us on <a href="http://www.twitter.com/7ampodcast">Twitter</a> and <a href="http://www.instagram.com/7ampodcast">Instagram</a></p><p><strong>Guest:</strong> David McBride</p><p>See <a href="https://omnystudio.com/listener">omnystudio.com/listener</a> for privacy information.</p>