Would you risk prison time for doing the right thing? The answer is, nobody should ever have to. In 2004 the [Australian rightwing] Howard Government illegally bugged the offices of the fledgling East Timorese government. Why? To swindle the impoverished nation out of its valuable natural resources during critical negotiations.1 AnAustralian intelligence officer, known as 'Witness K' for legal reasons, refused to stay silent while our government broke its own laws. Now, in a rank affront to our democratic ideals, Attorney General Christian Porter has authorised criminal prosecution of Witness K and their lawyer, former ACT Deputy Chief Minister Bernard Collaery.2