this is why shoddy, irrational, outrage orientated, undercover styled “investigative journalism” creates more problems than it solves, and it serves interests and purposes that run counter to law and justice.
If the evidence that lead to the search, seizure, arrest and possible charges are in large part based on this journalist, and if that moron goes writing about it, claims privilege over sources, embellished, changes, alters, withholds any of it or was contributing in any way to amping the behaviours, then this case may done - at least in criminal law.
And if the MND knew about this well beforehand, and used his political office to monitor and coordinate actions such as the recent request for a separate investigation, then he was possibly conspiring with the media or using information from the media unobjectively and for political purposes.
None of that takes away from the seriousness of the matter, but it taints the whole criminal case.
As for the military career, it sounds like his months were numbered anyway.