In February 2020 the ABC suffered a crushing defeat in the Federal Court, in its challenge to the validity of an AFP search warrant on its Ultimo headquarters relating to a series of stories known as The Afghan Files. Jonathan Holmes has been following the case closely and offers these observations of the judgment.By Jonathan Holmes, 17 February 2020   Over eight months ago, on June 5th last year, Federal Police officers executed a search warrant on the ABC headquarters in Ultimo, Sydney, and t...