Case closed on leaked Rudd video

Former Prime Minister Kevin Rudd vents his frustrations by dropping the f-bomb. Or should we say f-bombs.

FEDERAL police have closed the case of the mystery surrounding the leaking of Kevin Rudd's expletive-laden video during the leadership showdown.

The potty-mouthed video was recorded in the prime minister's office when he was Labor leader and then leaked at the height of leadership speculation this year.

But the Daily Telegraph has confirmed that the Australian Federal Police has declared "case closed'' on the matter after an eight month investigation and they have not found the culprit.

In a statement today the AFP said it had now concluded the investigation that was launched in March.

"The AFP did not identify sufficient material or evidence to substantiate charging of any person for theft or unauthorised disclosure," a spokesman said.

"The complainant has been notified of this decision.

"The AFP has finalised the matter and as such, it is not appropriate to comment further."

The video included Mr Rudd declaring, "Just tell those d…heads in the embassy to just give me some simple statements".

Mr Rudd said at the time of the leak: "Anyone who's got a touch of suspicion about them would say that if this was done, somewhat embarrassingly, a couple of years ago and it suddenly emerges now, then obviously it's a little bit on the unusual side.

"These sort of edited off-takes we always assume are just destroyed at the time -- obviously these either have found their way into some archival storage somewhere in the PMO (prime minister's office) or into a government department," Mr Rudd said.

But his office has refused to say whether he triggered the AFP probe himself with a formal complaint to police on the security breach in the prime minister's office.

"Consistent with Mr Rudd's past practice, he does not comment in any respect on Australian Federal Police investigations," a spokesman said.

Previously, Rudd loyalists have insisted the culprit would be found and it could prove embarrassing to the Gillard camp.

"It has such explosive implications. They will find out who did it. I am very confident. Someone's got the source material," a senior Labor figure said earlier this year.

The secretary of the Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet, Ian Watt, has previously stated a review "found no evidence that the video out-takes, or the finalised video message from which they arose, were ever on the Prime Minister and Cabinet's ICT system".

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