In an interview with Nine Network’s Today programme, Prime Minister Kevin Rudd said: “She’s of course entitled to her legal rights and she should prosecute those based on the advice that she receives. I won’t comment on that…there’s a full defence investigation underway in relation to two matters - what transpired there (Afghanistan), and secondly, on the question of the actual handling of this document.” Zaetta was named in a confidential briefing paper - officially referred to as a “hot issues brief” - to Australia’s Defence Minister Joel Fitzgibbon as having slept with special forces soldiers last month at a military base in Tarin Kowt, the capital of Oruzgan province in Afghanistan.The Department of Defence is currently inquiring into a number of matters, including the allegation of inappropriate behaviour, privacy concerns, and the unauthorised disclosure.
Defence spokesman Brigadier Andrew Nikolic said: “We apologise unreservedly to those named. We have called on News Limited to assist our enquiries by returning any material they have obtained. An initial document, prepared internally to brief the minister, did contain the names but was withdrawn within minutes because of privacy concerns. Importantly, the final version of the document did not include names.”
Zaetta co-hosted the 1990s television show Who Dares Wins and has appeared on Baywatch and Mission Implausible, a British pay-TV show.
Source: IANS, NDTV.
