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ASIO has issued a rare public statement declaring it holds “grave concerns” about the accuracy of an ABC investigation into the Bondi massacre set to air on Four Corners on Monday night and warning of further action if false claims are broadcast.

The statement released on Sunday evening claims the ABC has relied in part on an “unreliable and disgruntled” source who had misidentified one of the alleged gunmen, 24-year-old Naveed Akram, and confused some of his actions before the attack with things done by someone else.

The ABC is standing by the story, which it said used extensive reporting and numerous sources to examine the Akrams’ actions leading up to the attack.

ASIO, which has not seen the program, said its ability to respond to Four Corners′ questions was constrained as it did not want to risk prejudicing the royal commission into antisemitism and the ongoing criminal investigation against Akram.

Akram has been charged with murdering 15 people in the December 14 attack, in which his father and alleged co-conspirator Sajid Akram was shot dead by police.

The first of two parts of Four Corners′ investigation was led by reporter Mark Willacy, airing last week. It provided an account of the events of the day of the attack, told by those present. The second part, led by reporter Sean Rubinsztein-Dunlop, will investigate “the secret lives of the terrorists, uncovering astonishing new information about the years leading up to the attack”, according to the ABC.

ASIO’s statement, made in response to unknown ABC questions and released publicly in an unusual pre-emptive move, notes that the domestic intelligence agency investigated Naveed Akram in 2019 using its “most sensitive capabilities.”

“We assessed he did not adhere to or intend to engage in violent extremism at that time. Having reviewed all available intelligence, we stand by our assessment at that point in time,” the statement said. “Four Corners’ claims contain significant errors of fact.”

ASIO said “if the ABC chooses to publish claims it cannot substantiate [...] we will reserve our right to take further action.”

The Bondi royal commission is required to complete its first report by April. It will examine, among other things, whether Australia’s intelligence and law enforcement services were as effective as they could have been in stopping the attack, how they co-operated and whether they were hampered by legal rules.

ASIO said an ABC source had a track record of making statements that are untrue. The agency rejected previously reported claims that Naveed Akram is a close associate of terrorists.

“The claims Four Corners is making were investigated at the time and found to be unsubstantiated,” ASIO said.

“The ABC’s source mis-identified Naveed Akram. That is, the source claimed Naveed Akram said and did things that were actually said and done by an entirely different person. To be clear, Four Corners′ source mis-identified Naveed Akram, and therefore the associated claims are untrue.”

An ABC spokesperson defended the program as a comprehensive investigation examining the events leading up to the worst terrorist attack on Australian soil.

“Four Corners spoke to numerous people and provides a number of sources of information for a detailed picture of the Akrams’ actions and associations in the years leading up to the Bondi attack,” the spokesperson said.

“Detailed questions were put to ASIO and its response is reflected in the story. The public will be able to watch the full investigation tonight.”

Rubinsztein-Dunlop declined to comment.

ASIO also rejected expected ABC accusations of understaffing and suggestions that redundancies at the intelligence agency in 2020 might have contributed in some way to its ability to prevent the massacre.

“The claim any resourcing decision increased the likelihood of the Bondi attack is false, irresponsible and demonstrates profound ignorance of ASIO’s prioritisation frameworks and enduring investment in counterterrorism,” ASIO said.

“Tragically, ASIO did not know what the perpetrators of the Bondi attack were planning – or indeed that they were planning anything.”

ASIO said given the questions the ABC asked and that reporter Rubinsztein-Dunlop had “previously broadcast false claims about ASIO and the Akrams”, it held “grave concerns about the accuracy of the proposed story”.

https://www.smh.com.au/business/companies/asio-v-abc-broadcaster-stands-by-bondi-investigation-after-spy-agency-rebuke-20260209-p5o0mb.html

 

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mossad?....

A former undercover agent has made explosive claims that he shared intelligence with Australia's spy agency, ASIO, about gunman Naveed Akram's terrorist associations and alleged radicalisation, six years before the Bondi Beach attack.

ASIO investigated the information in 2019 but said it could not substantiate it, concluding Akram, then a teenager, did not present a terrorism threat or subscribe to violent extremist ideology.

Four Corners has traced the interactions of Naveed Akram and his father, Sajid, with Australian authorities and Islamic State (IS) extremists in the years before they killed 15 people at a Hanukkah celebration on December 14.

A former undercover agent, codenamed Marcus, has told the program he is willing to give evidence to the royal commission that he reported to ASIO in 2019 that both Naveed and Sajid Akram supported IS.

ASIO interviewed both father and son as part of a six-month investigation into Naveed Akram, which assessed the teenager was not a terrorist threat or IS supporter.

The agency also found no evidence that Sajid Akram was radicalised, according to comments from Prime Minister Anthony Albanese in December.

Sajid Akram was later granted a firearms licence and the pair travelled to a former Islamic State hotspot in the Philippines, without triggering an alert, in the lead-up to the attack.

The former spy reveals astonishing new information about the Akrams in Four Corners' Bondi: Path to Terror. Watch now on ABC iview.

From the age of 17, Naveed Akram associated with members of a terror cell and acolytes of radical cleric Wisam Haddad, a spiritual leader of Australia's pro-IS network.

Naveed was in contact with several men who were later convicted of terrorism offences, including the self-declared commander of IS in Australia, Isaac El Matari, and IS youth recruiter Youssef Uweinat.

The terrorists were monitored by Marcus, who posed as their imam and teacher.

Marcus told Four Corners he reported to ASIO that El Matari discussed his plans with Naveed to carry out attacks in Sydney.

"What happened on Bondi Beach was a result of a set of errors and a disregard for information," Marcus said.

"How [could] someone like this [have] fled out of ASIO and Australian authorities' radar?"

ASIO told Four Corners the claims were investigated and "found to be unsubstantiated".

It said Marcus "misidentified Naveed Akram".

"ASIO investigated Naveed Akram in 2019, using our most sensitive capabilities," ASIO said in a statement.

"We assessed he did not adhere to or intend to engage in violent extremism at that time.

"Having reviewed all available intelligence, we stand by our assessment at that point in time.

"The source claimed Naveed Akram said and did things that were actually said and done by an entirely different person … Therefore, the associated claims are untrue."

Marcus described ASIO's claim as "false and unsubstantiated".

"I strongly deny ASIO's allegation that I ever misidentified Naveed Akram, someone I met on a regular, face-to-face basis over many years."

ASIO declined to respond to further questions and requests for clarification.

It said it was constrained by an ongoing investigation, court case and the royal commission.

Naveed Akram has been charged with 59 offences, including terrorism and murder. Sajid Akram was shot dead by police.

The 'brainwashing' of Naveed Akram

Marcus is revealing what he knew about the Akrams, after first warning Four Corners eight months before the Bondi attack that Australia was dangerously exposed to an IS network he had infiltrated.

ASIO recruited him from his home country in the Middle East and paid him as a human source, officially defined as an "agent", to monitor Sydney's IS network between 2017 and 2023.

He told Four Corners he first reported Naveed Akram to ASIO after attending itikaf, a 10-night religious retreat for Ramadan, with the 17-year-old and a small group of IS supporters including Isaac El Matari.

Marcus alleged that during itikaf at Sydney's Othman Bin Affan Mosque, El Matari shared with Naveed his plans to attempt to smuggle firearms from Lebanon for terrorist attacks in Sydney.

Marcus claimed the group tried to brainwash Naveed with graphic IS videos, calling for attacks in Australia.

He claimed he reported this in confidential meetings with his ASIO handlers.

"They [ASIO] became interested because it's a very serious matter," he said. "They asked me to put an eye on him [Naveed]."

Four Corners has not been able to independently verify the substance of Marcus's conversations with ASIO or of Naveed's interactions with the El Matari group.

Multiple sources have confirmed Marcus, Naveed Akram and El Matari were at the mosque.

Othman Bin Affan Mosque told Four Corners that during itikaf, Naveed Akram was engaging with a small group of men, including El Matari, who were later expelled from the mosque because of their "hostile, confrontational" behaviour.

The mosque's president said the men had no link to the mosque and "do not represent us in any way".

"Othman Bin Affan Mosque stands firmly against extremism and hate. We don't tolerate it," he said in a statement.

"If we had known there was any link to extremism or any threat to safety, we would have reported it."

El Matari was arrested a month after itikaf and later jailed for seven years for planning terrorist attacks and attempting to travel to Afghanistan to join IS.

Court documents show police secretly recorded El Matari in the weeks before and after itikaf, as he attempted to recruit fellow IS supporters for an insurgency in Sydney and the Blue Mountains.

In one conversation — just days before itikaf and more than six years before the Bondi attack — El Matari plotted to spend "half a decade" building a network of IS fighters in the bush and the city.

"We keep brothers as sleepers … brothers that are trusted with sending them on missions, brothers that send money … brothers that plan the attacks, brothers that bomb places of political significance," he said on May 22, 2019.

"These are all places they are open to the public. There's no security protecting them."

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02-09/bondi-shooting-spy-claims-told-asio-terror-links-four-corners/106306092

 

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YOURDEMOCRACY.NET RECORDS HISTORY AS IT SHOULD BE — NOT AS THE WESTERN MEDIA WRONGLY REPORTS IT — SINCE 2005.

 

         Gus Leonisky

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METHINKS, MOSSAD, ON WHICH ASIO RELIES HEAVILY, PREVENTED ANY INVESTIGATION INTO NAVEED... SUBTLY OFF COURSE.... WHY?

MOSSAD "NEEDS" ENEMIES EVERYWHERE.... ESPECIALLY IN PEACEFUL COUNTRIES...