Some of the sentencing details of a man secretly convicted and detained in a Canberra prison could be sealed for 20 years due to national security concerns, despite parties agreeing to release a redacted version.
On Tuesday the ACT supreme court considered whether to publish sentencing remarks about the man, known by the pseudonym Alan Johns and also as Witness J, who was jailed in complete secrecy after pleading guilty and being convicted for the disclosure of confidential information.
