Commentary
Selling defence and national security information is a serious matter. From a national security and defence perspective, you can’t get much more serious. Selling it to a less-than-friendly player is to be treated even more seriously.
So what are we to make of the allegations (and let’s remember that is all it is at the moment) against Australian businessman Alexander Csergo?
First, we must embrace the virtue of our civilised society governed by the rule of law, which presumes innocence until guilt is determined.
No matter how concerning, confronting or upsetting the allegation a mob piles on against the accused is neither dignified nor justified. The presumption which protects us all must be applied without fear or favour, or misgivings….