I note that under questioning, Mr Rudd was asked if he would squash any conviction if Hicks was returned to Australia to serve out his sentence, his response was interesting in that it gave Mr Howard a chance to comment on the credibility of the Atorney General.
Mr Rudd responded “he would take advice from the attorney-general’s department. “That’s the proper thing to do and that is precisely how I would act,” “. A good answer but it has one shortcoming as observed by Mr Howard.
Mr Howard noted that “the response was not good enough.”, and I must agree with him. If Rudd is faced with an Attorney General as ignorant of the Australian law and the application of the presumption of innocence and correct gathering of evidence, as Mr Howard has, then Mr Rudd’s cause is lost.
This farce has gone on long enough, Hicks is doomed to get a Life Sentence, even if the US has to eventually charge him with jay walking, so why can’t the Australian people start to enact the much vaunted ” Australian Mateship ” and act to protect a fellow citizen from a great injustice and have him returned to face a fair trial here where the rule of law applys, we hope.