Kit Bennett

But I was gung-ho.

I was fine.

But I probably wasn't.

I raised a middle finger and I ended up being paid to go away.

And that was just fine.

But I was kind of bitter, and they were bitter.

They had suddenly a highly trained and skilled officer and they'd gone.

But the fact is that they now put letters and names to these things, so I probably was suffering from something, PTSD or whatever.

Having been one of the youngest officers in a Western intelligence service, I became one of the oldest officers to pass through the Queensland Police Academy, and I worked in the Queensland Police, and I really did enjoy it.

And I spent five years on the street, kicking and gouging in the mud and the blood and the beer.

hand was smashed up and broken ribs and subsequently discovered I had a broken leg as well.

And when those sorts of things happened, then the HSOs would come and talk to you, you'd be getting emails, people would come and see you.

This guy said to me, he was talking to me, he said, tell me about your childhood.

And I thought, oh, here we go, you know, when did you first start hating your horse?

He said, no, what else have you done?

Tell me what else you've done.

And I said, oh, well, I was in the intelligence world, in the wilderness of mirrors for nearly 20 years.

He said, ah, what did you do in there?

And I said, no, you know, I'll have to kill you if I tell you.

And he said, did you do operational work?