George Brandis says he issued warrants to raid two Canberra homes based on a request from ASIO. Source: AAP
THE federal government has defended ASIO raids on the home of a former spy and his lawyer's office, saying they were done to protect Australia's national security and not to disrupt a legal challenge to a multi-billion dollar oil and gas treaty with East Timor.
Senator Brandis confirmed that Tuesday's raids targeted the Canberra homes of an unnamed former Australian Security and Intelligence Service (ASIS) officer, as well as lawyer Bernard Collaery.
The attorney-general made a statement on the raids to the Senate on Wednesday to clear up "misleading" information.
The warrants to conduct the raids were requested by ASIO director-general David Irvine.
"The attorney-general never initiates a search warrant," Senator Brandis said.
"The request must come from ASIO itself."
On the basis of the intelligence put before him by ASIO, Senator Brandis said he was satisfied the documents and electronic media identified satisfied the statutory tests.
"Therefore I issued the warrants," he said.
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