I don't know how easy it would get to install a mole in the parliament, but that does not mean it cannot be done. And I am not sure if you have heard of the 黄向墨 incident earlier in Australia. It was reveal after a Royal Commission which leading to Huang being strip off his residence and a few MP resigned. So yes, foreign influence to Australian Parliament is possible. Whether or not this spy reveal to be truth is one thing. But that is not a far away make believe story.
Like the chip hack story, you didn't see it does not mean it does not exist.
About Lee Wen Ho, first of all, not being able to convict does not equal to innocents, that is when you gone thru a trial and you were found not guilty. Not being able to convict is just that, I don't have enough evident that goes beyond the reasonable doubt that you did that crime. It doesn't matter if they have 60 FBI agent or 200 FBI agent, if you cannot gather enough evidence to go over the threshold, you can't proceed with the prosecution.
I didn't read the cox report prior to this conversation, as I have zero interest with current affair in the United States, I do a quick search on Cox Report and Lee Wen Ho in google, it mention something about racial profiling, and political character assassination. If this is what you are talking about. Then maybe, I don't know, but that does not negate the fact that he did pled guilty and took the plea bargain. I don't believe anyone who have done nothing wrong are willing to pled guilty on a crime and serve time.
As for jhungary, well, you are the second person accuse me of being him. I don't really know who this person is, and after you accusing me of being him, I have search his post history here. If you read his post, you know beside content rich reply, we have different interest. I don't think I have ever care about the US either in this forum or in real life, he is an American, he post frequently in American Forum. His post are all about military, well, it's logically since he claim to be a soldier. My post is all about Law and Economy. See there? We have different interest. And probably the final thing I would say it's completely different is that he always claim to be a Chinese, I never consider myself a Chinese, in fact, I don't like it when people call me Chinese. There are also a few different attribute he claim is different than what I claim, but since we cannot verify them online, so I did not count them.
And if you believe people are stupid enough to wait for 6 months and open another account and go back to a anonymous forum just to post there, I mean, was it too much work for something very, extremely trivial? I mean this is not anything remotely important, it's just a forum, why would someone wait 6 months to come back to this forum and post under a different identity? Of course, if you want to believe I am him, that's up to you,
PS. I post long because you post long, if you only have a few quick question, I would have posted with a few quick answer. Also, I joined this forum after I got to Australia for my studies in late July, when someone told me about this forum, before than I was in Hong Kong and I am active only in Hong Kong forum, like 88.com, HK Golden and so on. And finally, I don't see why me and jhungary said the same thing regarding Lee Wen Ho was a surprise, Lee pled guilty, and that is a fact, and as long as it stays as a fact, it would be the same regardless who said that.