On Friday, former attorney-general Robert McClelland - the minister responsible for ASIO - confirmed that he was briefed by the agency on the matter, shortly after Zygier's arrest in January 2010. But Mr McClelland could not comment on the contents of briefings. What I can say is that I had recommended to me the course of action that ASIO proposed to take - to brief relevant agencies, departments and officials. This was a course of action I approved and thought was appropriate," he said. The DFAT investigation noted that "another agency" (understood to by ASIO) prepared submissions for Mr McClelland on four separate occasions between March and December 2010 that referred to Zygier. The probe was restricted from examining exactly what ASIO knew about the matter and current Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus has said he will not investigate ASIO's involvement in the case. In the wake of the DFAT report, Mr Dreyfus confirmed to ABC Radio that "there does not need to be a review within the Attorney-General's Department." He noted that the Inspector-General of Intelligence and Security, Vivienne Thom had stated: "there is no evidence that ASIO has acted improperly or unlawfully in this matter."