Code of silence': Did the ADF threaten a Ben Roberts-Smith witness with criminal charges?

The Australian Defence Force has been accused of attempting to impose a "code of silence" on a soldier who said he witnessed Ben Roberts-Smith kick an unarmed Afghan man off a cliff.

The Australian Defence Force (ADF) has been accused of threatening an elite soldier, who said he witnessed Ben Roberts-Smith murder an unarmed Afghan man, with criminal sanction if he told his story outside the organisation.