 Kugadzwa kwaOSullivan saDirector-General weSecurity kwakashoropodzwa neaichimbova mukuru weAustralia Secret Intelligence Service Warren Reed, uyo akataura kuti OSullivan akatadza kuchengetedza chifukidziro chaReed achishanda semutevedzeri kumumiriri weAustralia muCairo, zvichitungamira mukubatwa kwemubatsiri waReed nevamiriri vekuEgypt vekuchengetedza uye kuvharwa kwechiteshi cheASIS muCairo. Mumavhiki mashomanene bedzi agadzwa kutungamirira ASIO, nhevedzano yebhomba rokuzviuraya ravaIslam muLondonkwakaitika pakati pekurudziro dzomunyika dzemitemo inorwisa ugandanga, yakateverwa nemwedzi mishomanana gare gare nekuputika kwebhomba kweBali muna 2005, kuchisiya vashanyi vana veAustralia vakafa. Muna 2006, OSullivan akanyevera kuti magandanga aigona kurwisa mahotera nemaresitorendi muAustralia. Zvichitevera zviito zvevashandi vaviri veASIO izvo Mutongi weDare Repamusoro-soro akataura kuti zvingangova mhosva uye zvaisanganisira kubiwa pasi pemutemo, dare rakaramba matanho epamutemo mushure mekuona kuti kubvunzurudzwa kweASIO kwakanga kusingabvumirwi. OSullivan akadzivirira zviito zvevashandi veASIO, kunyange zvazvo akabvuma kuti kuchinja kwakaitwa kumitemo yeASIO. 