Allan Kessing

Allan Kessing is a former Australian Customs officer. In May 2007, he was convicted of leaking two highly confidential reports about major security flaws at Sydney airport to The Australian newspaper.

The leak

In 2003, Kessing wrote two reports on Sydney airport security, which included, among other things, information about drug trafficking and airport security passes which had been given to illegal immigrants and people with criminal convictions.[1][2] The reports were buried, but resurfaced two years later in 2005, when they leaked to The Australian newspaper. Allan Kessing was accused of whistleblowing and sentenced to a nine-month suspended term. The leak led to an inquiry which resulted in a $220 million upgrade in airport security.[3]

References
  1. Whistleblower challenges conviction
  2. Shooting the messenger
  3. Sydney Morning Herald September 22, 2005

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2012-12-21/xenophon-calls-for-ex-customs-officers-pardon/4439742

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