[schappim]

What you've mentioned is underreported. He was whistleblowing because he was dissatisfied with military leadership and the *increased scrutiny* of soldiers.

Ironically, this led to further scrutiny and the identification of alleged war crimes.

[mrkeen]

This is the impression that I got from reading Wikipedia and quotes from his lawyer, so I wouldn't call it underreported.

Someone elsewhere in this thread linked me to a video where McBride explained that the top brass knew about actual war crimes (e.g. Ben Roberts-Smith,) and wanted to appear to be doing something, so they tasked McBride with prosecuting a scapegoat (whom McBride believed innocent) and that was what caused him to to start gathering and leaking documents.