Australian bill will put journos in prison for 10 years for reporting leaks – Boing Boing

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Australian bill will put journos in prison for 10 years for reporting leaks

The bill was introduced on Wednesday by Attorney General George Brandis, and it gives the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation the power to imprison leakers (including reporters) for five …

via Boing Boing: http://boingboing.net/2014/07/16/australian-bill-will-put-journ.html

it gives the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation the power to imprison leakers (including reporters) for five years, with ten year sentences for anything regarding “special intelligence operations” (illegal spy operations conducted under promise of immunity)