tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24338064.post7962938591044205532..comments2024-02-11T19:28:27.997+11:00Comments on Personal Reflections: The wheels continue to come off the Haneef caseJim Belshawhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10075614280789984767noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24338064.post-20337822045603553602008-09-03T05:52:00.000+10:002008-09-03T05:52:00.000+10:00My final comment on this is that i greatly doubt t...My final comment on this is that i greatly doubt that we will be given all the facts, as some will be suppressed in the name of national security, <I>pace</I> ASIO's findings. Speaking personally, if that happens, my final conclusions will be based on AFP chooses to release. That may not be quite fair, but is the best any of us can do.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24338064.post-80283526546356403692008-09-02T16:50:00.000+10:002008-09-02T16:50:00.000+10:00As a PS, I would love to know what Mr Ruddock told...As a PS, I would love to know what Mr Ruddock told the inquiry. By the way, because of your comment, I spotted and corrected the incorrect spelling of Mr Keelty's name.Jim Belshawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10075614280789984767noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24338064.post-40866451526850097572008-09-02T16:47:00.000+10:002008-09-02T16:47:00.000+10:00I agree, Bob, that it does seem this way. I though...I agree, Bob, that it does seem this way. I thought so at the time, and I have seen nothing so far to make me change my mind. But I think that we still need to know all the facts.<BR/><BR/>In reading the material, I really zeroed in on Mr Andrew's claim that he did not know about the ASIO view, but relied on AFP advice. If this is so, and if the ASIO advice was in fact current at the time and supplied to the AFP,then the failure of the AFP to refer to that advice would seem to be yet another serious error.Jim Belshawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10075614280789984767noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24338064.post-66894660035936774722008-09-02T16:16:00.000+10:002008-09-02T16:16:00.000+10:00Jim,Agreed about final views, but I think we can s...Jim,<BR/><BR/>Agreed about final views, but I think we can still form some preliminary ones. If ASIO's opinion is as reported, why didn't Keelty know? He has maintained for the longest time that Haneef is still 'a person of interest', long after Andrews had departed the scene.<BR/><BR/>And the crux of the matter still relates to process. Regardless of whether there really was a fix-up to ensure the detention of Dr Haneef on whatever spurious grounds possible (and remember he was basically let go on a technicality, because that process had been rushed too), I think it is totally clear that the process, for which Keelty as agency head is responsible, was fatally flawed.<BR/><BR/>His performance should be reviewed for competence. I'll leave claims about malfeasance, cover-ups and such to Clarke, but I think it's pretty clear cut that there were huge operational failures in this case. I have seen no statements of regret, of apology or of explanation, and expect none.<BR/><BR/>Given that ASIO has torn the security veil away (to reveal, perhaps, the AFP wearing the emperor's new clothes), it may be that AFP can at least advise where, if not from ASIO, they got their security advice which they stuck by long after the collapse of the case.<BR/><BR/>My <B>preliminary</B> view is therefore that Keelty has such evidence against him as an administrator that he actually needs to show cause why he should not have action taken against him.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com