Learn from the mistakes of others

:) I grab stuff from "wherever" because I don't believe in simply trusting any one media outlet to supply me with the "truth". But I do find the IW an occasional source of an amusing contrast.

Keep in mind that I get most of my 'news' regarding USA politics from The Daily Show and The Colbert Report ... that is, outside of Slashdot & Co.

My point is this, I find the incongruity in our FedGov's position alarming - that Hicks is OK to be free and in Australia if he's British, but we'll do nothing for him while he's an Australian citizen.

The lawyer in me struggles to accept that as a citizen he is not afforded any of the assistance that he should recieve because he is a citizen. [If you have a passport, have a read of the front part.] But if he gets out through acquiring citizenship of another nation which will act to help him, our government will not actively impede his return.

And it's not just/really the IW that's pointed this problem out. I came across it in a general search on the issue.

Ruddock 'softening on Hicks' - www.theage.com.au
The charges against David Hicks - Editorial - www.theage.com.au