Outro

Six years ago, ASIO had the Bondi shooter Naveed Akram under investigation. 

So why did the spy agency determine in 2020 that the alleged terrorist didn’t pose a serious threat and was that an intelligence failure? 

The spy boss Mike Burgess stands by his agency’s assessment.

But a former spy has told the ABC he met the father and son years ago and had concerns they were radicalised.

Today, Sean Rubinsztein-Dunlop on his Four Corners investigation into what was known about Naveed Akram and his father Sajid before they killed 15 people at Bondi beach. 

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Sean Rubinsztein-Dunlop, ABC investigative reporter