Witness J sentencing decision finally released, with chief justice calling secrecy ‘anathema to the rule of law’

Former intelligence official was jailed for using ‘unsecure means’ to relay ‘classified information’

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The Australian Capital Territory’s chief justice, Lucy McCallum, has described secrecy as “anathema to the rule of law” while releasing the long-awaited sentencing decision against Witness J.

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.

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