Phillip Ruddock’s foot-in-mouth episode re David Hicks.
March17
Our friend and wonderfully sharp, witty, blogger, Chris Borthwick, wrote an interesting entry about Phillip Ruddock’s foot-in-mouth episode regarding the illegal detention of David Hicks. In conclusion (but do read the whole entry), he wrote:
What that appears to mean is that Hicks can’t be tried in Australia not because he couldn’t be charged with a criminal offense but because if he was charged he would probably be found not guilty. He can’t be tried in Australia because “the facts in question” won’t convict him. To put it another way, we can’t try Hicks here because the government believes he’s innocent.
