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Dominic Giannini

Reasons for secret jailing of former spy revealed

The sentencing remarks of the ACT's former chief justice in the case of a former spy are now public. Photo: AAP

A former intelligence officer was jailed for threatening to extort highly classified national security information after he believed he had been wronged.

The sentencing remarks for the man dubbed Witness J were made public on Wednesday after the unprecedented secrecy of his case sparked the attorney-general to launch a review of Australia’s national security laws.

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