Thursday 2nd of May 2024

the keelty kaper .....

the keelty kaper .....

The submissions made on Dr Haneef's behalf contain a detailed analysis of the different factual statements made by government agencies against other documents and the now known facts.  

In carrying out this analysis, we were startled by the degree of factual error that we discovered.  

Here are just three of the factual misstatements identified in the submissions. 

The first is the repeated failure of authorities to communicate the fact that Dr Haneef attempted to ring a UK investigator, Tony Webster, at least four times on the afternoon of the night he was arrested to answer any questions Mr Webster had for him. 

The second is the failure, even at this late stage, by the AFP to acknowledge the receipt by them of the Kafeel email which exonerated Sabeel Ahmed of any involvement in or foreknowledge of terrorist activity and, by extension, exonerated Dr Haneef. 

The third involved the statement that the SIM card had been found in Glasgow in the burning jeep. A mis-communication in instructions can always occur. What is alarming about this error is that no one corrected the public record until ABC journalist, Raphael Epstein, broke the story six days later. This raises questions about the way the AFP conducted itself in Dr Haneef's case. And it does not explain why the error was allowed to persist in the public mind for another four days until the error was corrected by an ABC journalist. 

So Much For Rudd's 'Full Judicial Inquiry'

our kevin .....

In May of this year, I worked with others on the submissions on behalf of Dr Haneef to the Clarke Inquiry. They were delivered on May 23. 

I will draw on those submissions to give you some idea of their main contentions. Of course, as a barrister engaged in the ongoing process of the Inquiry, it is not my role to express personal opinions about the matters contained within the purview of the Inquiry.

I am only conveying to you observations and conclusions argued for in the submissions. 

So Much For Rudd's 'Full Judicial Inquiry'