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Record Nr.

UNINA9910825267303321

Autore

Wilkie Andrew

Titolo

Axis of deceit : the extraordinary story of an Australian whistleblower / / Andrew Wilkie

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Melbourne, Victoria : , : Black Inc., , 2004

©2010

ISBN

1-921825-69-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (244 p.)

Disciplina

956.704431

Soggetti

Iraq War, 2003-2011 - Causes

Whistle blowing - Australia

Intelligence officers - Australia

Intelligence service - Australia

Australia Politics and government 21st century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

COVER PAGE; TITLE PAGE; COPYRIGHT PAGE; DEDICATION; CONTENTS; PREFACE; INTRODUCTION; TAKING A STAND; LIFE ON THE INSIDE; THE WORLD OF INTELLIGENCE; AN UNNECESSARY WAR; THE BIG LIE; BLAME GAME; PUBLIC DISSERVICE; INTELLIGENCE FAILURES; SILENCING DISSENT; EPILOGUE; APPENDIX: PUBLISHING AXIS OF DECEIT; GLOSSARY; NOTES

Sommario/riassunto

In the 2010 federal election, independent candidate Andrew Wilkie grabbed headlines after winning the seat of Denison, and with it a key role in deciding who would form the next government of Australia. Before he was a politician, however, Wilkie was Australia's most talked-about whistleblower.In March 2003, Wilkie resigned from Australia's peak intelligence agency in protest over the looming war in Iraq. He was the only serving intelligence officer from the 'coalition of the willing' - the US, the UK and Australia - to do so, and his dramatic move was reported throughout the world.Wilkie's ac