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	Podcast:		Please Explain
	Episode:		'I'm still shaken' court hears allegations of Roberts-Smith's war crimes
	Category:		News & Politics
	Duration:		00:23:04
	Publish Date:		2022-03-17 03:50:02
	Description:		A defence force whistleblower who was a key SAS source in stories about Victoria Cross recipient Ben Roberts-Smith has outed himself in court this week saying he needed to be a “voice from within”. The soldier, known as Person 7 for national security reasons, revealed it was him who had provided key information to journalists Nick McKenzie and Chris Masters during Roberts-Smith’s defamation trial against The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age. Across more than 10 weeks, the court has heard damning allegations that Roberts-Smith executed prisoners or instructed subordinates to execute them as well as detailed evidence about operations in Afghanistan Australian SAS soldiers were involved in. Roberts-Smith denies all allegations that were published by The Herald and The Age. Today on Please Explain, investigative journalist Nick McKenzie joins Nathanael Cooper to discuss Person 7 and the Ben Roberts-Smith case. Subscribe to The Age & SMH: https://subscribe.smh.com.au/ See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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