Mohammed Haneef is likely to be held in detention indefinitely for one of two reasons: because he is the cousin of a terror suspect in Britain, or because he gave his cousin a SIM card before he left the country. And it’s not at the hand of a judge, who granted the man bail, but at the hands of our Federal Government who is so desperate to be seen to do something to stop the hemorrhage of public confidence that they are willing to dispose of central democratic principles such as the independence of the judiciary. To call this an over-reaction to the threat of terrorism is an excessive understatement. This is a national disgrace.
(video of Kevin Andrews’ press conference can be found here)