I work hard. Today I read the entire 142 page transcript of the first AFP interview with Mohamed Haneef (warning: 22MB pdf(!)). What does that have to do with my work, you may ask?
Actually, if you DID ask me that, I'd give you a punch on the nose. It has nothing to do with my work, but it was quite interesting. Some observations:
- Haneef really doesn't come across as a terrorist. If he is one, he's also an incredible actor. It seems his greatest crime is to be related to some dodgy second cousins before an Australian election.
- The AFP interviewer treated Haneef fairly and with respect. No waterboarding here.
- How did this get leaked? Who stands to benefit? I doubt it was the defence team, as implied by the Mick Keelty.
- Taking away his Visa so he remains locked up is a fucking joke. If Allah wills it, we'll only have to suffer another few months of this ridiculous government.
Sorry for getting a bit political on yo' asses. I promise my next post will involve silliness and frivolity and/or a link to a softcore porn video on youTube (hooray for Dizzy Banana!)
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Two things, (1) that link is now broken, and (2) Haneef's lawyer has now admitted leaking the interview:
http://www.news.com.au/couriermail/story/0,23739,22094185-953,00.html
How does he stand to benefit from this? I'm not sure - it could be that the AFP honestly do have some evidence against Haneef that could see him convicted of some crime, and Keim wants to get some public sympathy going for his client, by contaminating the available jury pool into being more leniant towards Haneef than they otherwise would be. You're the legal student though, so you'd know more than me if that were likely. Of course the flipside to this is that once the Prosecutor introduces the rest of the evidence, it could easily be argued that any benefit gained at this stage would again be lost.
From a cynical point of view, it could simply be that Keim wanted his name in the paper just that little bit more - this is going to be a massively high profile case for him.
Yup, I was wrong. The lawyer leaked it. Damn lawyer. He explained why on Lateline last night. If I was less lazy I'd post a link to the transcript here.
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