Asio bosses fear ‘growing threat’ as foreign governments are allowed to gain knowledge of tradecraft
Australia’s intelligence chiefs have asked the government for new laws to stop former spies marketing their skills abroad, fearing current provisions are allowing foreign adversaries to gain invaluable knowledge of Australian tradecraft.
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The parliamentary committee agreed that such provisions should cover intelligence officers and recommended the government determine how they should be legislated. It also recommended assessing existing laws to ensure the restrictions extended to training paramilitary organisations and militias too. The institute’s president, Dr Phil Kowalick, said protecting secrets, expertise and knowledge related to intelligence capabilities was critical. But he warned that such expertise in analytical tradecraft was already accessible in training courses globally so applying such restrictions in practice could be difficult.
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