• Defence probes incident between soldier and spy
• Another story on dodgy Government Agencies!!!!!
• By Chris Uhlmann
  The allegation that a solider threatened a female Australian spy with a handgun during a drinking session in Afghanistan in December is the subject of two Government investigations.
  Scant details of the incident emerged recently in the annual report of the Inspector-General of Intelligence and Security (IGIS), Dr Vivienne Thom.
  The ABC confirmed the incident involved a trooper from Australia's elite Special Air Services regiment pulling a handgun on an ASIS agent. Both the soldier and the agent had been drinking and both were armed.
  Appearing before a senate estimates hearing the Chief of the Defence Force, Air Chief Marshal Mark Binskin, confirmed for the first time that the incident involved a member of the Defence Force and was being investigated.
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• Special forces soldier pulled gun on female spy as threat

  By Chris Uhlmann
  The Australian special forces soldier who pulled a handgun on a female spy last year in Afghanistan apparently intended it as a threat.
  The ABC reported this week that the Inspector-General of Intelligence and Security, Dr Vivienne Thom, had reopened an inquiry into the use of weapons by the Australian Secret Intelligence Service (ASIS) in the wake of an "incident overseas".
  Several versions of the incident are circulating in the defence and intelligence communities, but it appears the trooper was brandishing the weapon as a threat, not a prank.
  The trooper was part of a defence support team, assigned to protect ASIS agents when they were working in high-threat environments.

• Nick Xenophon criticises ASIS handling of incident Audio Transcript and Verbatim

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  The Inspector General of Security and Intelligence said last night she had nothing to add to her report about an elite Australian soldier allegedly pulling his gun on an ASIS agent. But the incident has prompted Dr Vivienne Thom to reopen her inquiry into the use of weapons by Australian spies. And the way the ASIS has dealt with its watchdog has disturbed Independent Senator Nick Xenophon.