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Andrew Damien Wilkie (born 8 November 1961, Tamworth, New South Wales, Australia) is an Australian politician and independent federal member for Denison. He has been an army officer and an intelligence analyst. In 2003 Wilkie resigned from his position in the Office of National Assessments, an Australian intelligence agency, over concerns that intelligence was being exaggerated for political purposes in making the case for Australia's contribution to the 2003 invasion of Iraq under the Howard government. Since then he has been active in Australian politics. He was a Greens candidate for the federal Division of Bennelong in the 2004 federal election and for the Senate in Tasmania at the 2007 federal election. In 2010 he stood as an independent candidate for the state seat of Denison at the Tasmanian state election, narrowly missing out on the final vacancy. Later in the year, again as an independent candidate, he ran for the federal seat of Denison at the 2010 federal election and won, finishing third on the primary vote but winning the seat after the distribution of preferences. Wilkie finished first on the primary vote at the 2013 federal election and increased his margin. ==Before politics== Wilkie trained at the Royal Military College, Duntroon〔Wilkie, 2004 p. 2〕 and graduated in 1984.〔 He joined the Young Liberals while a cadet. He also studied at the University of New South Wales, and holds a Bachelor of Arts degree, a Graduate Diploma of Management, and a Graduate Diploma of Defence Studies. After graduation and being stationed in Brisbane, he became a member of the Liberal Party. His military career spanned 1980–2000 and he rose to the rank of lieutenant colonel.〔Wilkie, 2004, back cover〕 He was seconded to the Office of National Assessments (ONA), an Australian intelligence agency, from 1999 until late 2000.〔〔 After a stint with US defence company Raytheon,〔 Wilkie returned to the ONA shortly after the 11 September attacks.〔〔 In the run-up to the 2003 Iraq war, the Australian, British and US governments were asserting that intelligence reports showed that Iraq held weapons of mass destruction. Wilkie has stated that he increasingly encountered ethical conflict between his duty as an intelligence officer and his respect for the truth. On 11 March 2003, he resigned from the ONA, asserting that while Iraq likely did possess weapons of mass destruction, its program in this area was contained, that international sanctions were having an effect, and therefore an invasion was premature and also reckless in potentially provoking Saddam Hussein to use those weapons and possibly even begin supporting terrorism. In response to widespread opposition to the war, Wilkie gave extensive television interviews and accepted numerous offers of public speaking engagements. He subsequently gave evidence to official British and Australian inquiries into the government's case for involvement in the Iraq war.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Intelligence on Iraq's weapons of mass destruction )〕 In 2004, Wilkie published ''Axis of Deceit'', an account of the reasons for his decision and its results.〔Wilkie, 2004〕 He describes his views on the nature of intelligence agencies and the analyst's work, the history of the Iraq war, the untruths of politicians and the attempts to suppress the truth. Wilkie was a member of the Australian Greens by 2004 and stood unsuccessfully on the Tasmanian Senate ticket in 2007. He resigned from the party in 2008, criticising it for a lack of professionalism. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Andrew Wilkie」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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