tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24338064.post1030358123351090..comments2024-02-11T19:28:27.997+11:00Comments on Personal Reflections: Haneef Case: a failure in compassion - and common senseJim Belshawhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10075614280789984767noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24338064.post-33110519596399923282007-07-31T19:53:00.000+10:002007-07-31T19:53:00.000+10:00Some fair points, Lexcen, although I knew that Mr ...Some fair points, Lexcen, although I knew that Mr Andrews was bound to release more material. Hence my focus on process.<BR/><BR/>A number of issues came up in this case. One was the difference between intelligence and evidence. A second were obvious problems in making the new terrorism laws themselves work.<BR/><BR/>One issue that emerged here early was the way to compensate, manage people,caught up who were in fact innocent of any crime.<BR/><BR/>At the end of the day, these things will work if and only if we can be confident that Government will be fair. I have no objection to caution. My complaint, simply, is that the system managed this case very badly, breaching key principles.Jim Belshawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10075614280789984767noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24338064.post-88067636581202765202007-07-31T19:06:00.000+10:002007-07-31T19:06:00.000+10:00Jim, maybe you should have waited for the latest n...Jim, maybe you should have waited for the latest news on the Haneef case.<BR/>My opinion is that the current laws are inadequate in dealing with the threat of terrorism. Don't forget that when our laws were written, there was no concept of terrorism to deal with. Of course, Haneef is innocent under the current laws. But is anyone comfortable with the knowledge that he is possibly or maybe is definitely associated in a conspiracy group. There is guilt by association but this isn't guilt in the eyes of the law. I don't think the law requires the average person to be concerned with it's integrity . Politicians have an obligation to protect us and if this means erring on the side of caution, then how can we hold that against them?Lexcenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17856993035719777231noreply@blogger.com