Comments on: Keelty’s pursuit of Haneef is beyond the pale

By: Kevin Charles Herbert

Kevin Charles Herbert — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 10:00:00 +0000

Mick Kelty reminds of a fifth former desperately wishing he was in the sixth form…Alexander Downer was the same.

By: Kevin Charles Herbert

Kevin Charles Herbert — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 10:00:00 +0000

Mick Kelty reminds of a fifth former desperately wishing he was in the sixth form…Alexander Downer was the same.

By: Bede Doherty

Bede Doherty — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 10:00:00 +0000

Keelty is clearly wasting our time and money (never mind his moral or political incapacity), He is not fit to lead the AFP and is consequently a liability to Australia. Let’s mount a campaign to sack him. Let’s have a fresh face who might just be more receptive to some simple messages.

By: David

David — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 10:00:00 +0000

Something smells very badly about this whole affair. To have former Minister Andrews once again denying the fact that he is telling porkies in regard to what he was told and what he knew when, is looking weaker and weaker. The evidence is mounting and Andrews is looking more like a cornered rat as his former “mates”, desert him. A Royal Commission is now desperately required to get to the bottom of this debacle, the longer Rudd delays the more the stench will surround all those involved in locking up this innocent man, I hope he sues for millions. Incidently I haven’t noticed Akerman and Bolt rushing to apologise to the good doctor for the disgraceful articles rubbishing him, they were only too eager to write when it appeared there was mileage to made for the Coalition. Yet another example of being in the back pocket of the Liberals despite their howls of never ever. News Ltd standards are beneath contempt.

By: Dave Liberts

Dave Liberts — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 10:00:00 +0000

David, your comments re Bolt and Akerman are fair enough, but in News Ltd’s defence I’d point out that The Australian played a key role in exposing the AFP’s incompetence and has also had a crack at Keelty over all this. It’s true however that Bolt and Akerman get a lot more readers tahn the Oz, sadly.

By: Dave Liberts

Dave Liberts — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 10:00:00 +0000

Great article. Keelty needs to come up with a thoroughly plausible explanation for all this or he’s nothing more than a pathetic show-pony. It seems to me that having a show-pony running the AFP is not just a waste of money, it’s counter-productive. Any effort going into Haneef is not going into investigating actual crime.

By: Michael

Michael — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 10:00:00 +0000

Keelty is not only incompetant but a liar to boot. It’s outrageous to have a bloke like this running the AFP and some of his investigators look like they should be up on charges as well. What’s wrong with McClelland ?-we should expect more from and Bob Debus as well. Debus was one of the more moral ministers inthe legal illiterate Bob Carr’s government, who fought against some of that dodo’s worst excesses. Now he and McClelland are in the Federal government their knees seem to have gone to jelly. Just have a word in Keelty’s ear for Chris sake Debus and tell the fool to take early retirement. Then a Royal Commission thanks and let all the cockroaches be exposed.

By: Marilyn

Marilyn — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 10:00:00 +0000

Keelty should have been sacked and charged with people smuggling years ago. Or with turning Scott Rush over to the INP. And a hundred other crimes.

By: Pappinbarra Fox

Pappinbarra Fox — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 10:00:00 +0000

I have a real problem when people start to suggests that governments ought to interfere in the day to day managerial decisions of police. Once the govt can decide who police should investigate or not then we are all in trouble. Imagine if the AFP wanted to investigate Julia Gillard for some nefarious act and the govt had the power to instruct the AFP not to investigate. I dont think Greg Barnes has really thought through his concern.
On the other hand the AFP should not be continuing the investigation once it is clear that there is no substance to the matter being investigated but it is not for governments to decide that.

By: David

David — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 10:00:00 +0000

Fair point Dave L . The Australian do seem to have a good balance of jurnos, more so than the rest of the News Ltd stable. It did in fact publish a very good expose on the AWB Affair which also the Rudd Govt appear to have lost enthusiasm for.