The day of the living dead
Terrorism laws - - Posted on September, 1 at 11:56 pm by Ken L
Ghost who walks. Man who cannot die.
Former federal Attorney-General Philip Ruddock has defended the role of the Australian Federal Police (AFP) during the investigation of former terrorism suspect Mohamed Haneef.
The AFP announced last week it would no longer pursue Dr Haneef as a potential suspect over his alleged connections to attempted bombings in the UK last year.
Mr Ruddock has appeared before an inquiry into the case and says there is nothing unusual about an investigation failing to lead to prosecution.
“The fact that it didn’t lead to prosecution doesn’t mean the inquiry shouldn’t have taken place,” he said.
Only a dyed-in-the-wool Howard minister, schooled by the master in the arts of talking about anything other than the issue of substance, could mouth such inanities. Nobody with any sense is criticising the inquiry, doofus. What we’re interested in is why Haneef was detained, incarcerated, had his visa cancelled and charged with serious offences for which there was no evidence.
No doubt Ruddock will piously say they are matters for that twirp Kevin Andrews but we’ll never know, because his evidence is so secret it was given in camera. And so the wretched business goes around and around, with the current government looking every bit as much an abject apologist for the federal police as its predecessor.
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September 2nd, 2008 at 12:26 am
Ken, relax maaate.
If you’ve done nothing wrong, you’ve got nothing to worry about. etc.
September 2nd, 2008 at 9:05 am
Make’s me proud. What a country this is.
September 2nd, 2008 at 10:25 am
Have we found a Spanish Judge yet? Our own are pretty useless!
September 2nd, 2008 at 1:30 pm
Surely it is a matter of National security to learn and understand the thinking (or lack of thought) of the Federal Police in these matters. It is surely a matter of public interest to know how far inside Rodents pocket Keelty was, and it sure is in the national security interest to know why the minister for the portfolio put politics and winning an electon before the human rights of a innocent person. That person could be you or I one day, if the sins of the past aren’t brought to light so the idiots can learn from them. Why then did Kevin Rudd protect them by the “Cone of silence”. As a rusted on Labor supporter, I am angry, disappointed and shocked that Kevin could perpetuate the teflon qualities of Keelty. Come on Kevin do the right thing, and tell the people how this sad and vindictive affair came to pass, and at the same time give the punter in the street some confidence in the process. As a taxpayer, the very least I want to know is why they (Andrews and Keelty) cost us multimillions of dollars to cover their inefficiencies up and are able to get away with it.