Comments on: Time for Mick Keelty to spruce up his resume

By: Michael

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

Oh to be a fly on the wall at Scotland Yard when the name “AFP’ or “Mick Keelty” comes up !. The chortling into tea-cups and suppressed laughter would be deafening. The one UK detective ,sent to investigate Haneef, departed Oz after a few days declaring nil interest in the man yet the AFP continued this charade until just the other day. Heads should roll ,beginning at the top.

By: Bernard Keane

Bernard Keane — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 10:00:00 +0000

The AFP responded just now. They say:

"This investigation was not limited to Dr Haneef. It included all lines of inquiry in relation to the terrorist attacks in London and Glasgow on 29 and 30 June 2007, and any possible threats to Australia’s national security. Operation Rain was a very complex investigation of which Dr Haneef was only one part. Of the total amount expended $8.5 (sic - I presume $8.5m) at 31 July 2008, $3,463,938 was attributed to the investigation of Dr Haneef."

The AFP also comments about the timing of the press release:

On Thursday afternoon (28/8) the office of the Attorney-General requested the AFP to advise Maurice Blackburn Lawyers of the status of the investigation into Dr Haneef.

"This request was made to enable the Attorney-General's office to respond to correspondence received from Maurice Blackburn Lawyers and, as the Haneef investigation is an operational matter, the AFP complied and advised Dr Haneef's lawyer of the status of the investigation on Friday afternoon (29/8).

Simultaneously, the AFP advised the Clarke Inquiry, and also issued a media statement in anticipation of media interest stemming from the advice to Mr Hodgson."

By: John Parkes

John Parkes — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 10:00:00 +0000

For as long as I can remember the Federal Police have always been known disparigingly by heir State counterparts as the plastics - as in imitation plastic policemen- for obvious reasons.
A question comes to mind. After the AFP were embarrassed and their mistakes published for all to see as a result of Dr. Haneef’s lawyers releasing to the press the transcript of what was described as his interrogation Mr. Keelty personally (I think) lodged a complaint about unprofessional behaviour in relation to those lawyers.. What, I ask, is the difference betwen that behaviour and the routine production for TV cameras of the alleged great volumes of alleged drugs allegedly siezed in raids? - Multiple uses of alleged very deliberate. Combined with the claims that the defendant was a bikie, and loaded weapons were found, and street value of the drugs was a given vast amount, is this no more than putting to the public what should be given in Court, and actually proven beyond reasonable doubt,and is it no different to the showing up of false evidence as done by Haneef’s lawyers, but which was apparently un-professional?

By: davo

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

Did I read that right? That Haneef was only part of the 8.5 mill, but his part was about 35-40%? ( I haven’t done hte sums, but that’s about right).

Goodbye Mick. Maybe you and Costa can form hte ‘incompetents so incompetent they don’t understand incompetence’ group. Somewhere overseas, I think.

By: Marilyn

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

Keelty should have been sacked over SIEVX, over the Bali 9, Dr Al Haque, and now Dr Haneef.

As for those “overseas” investigations - they were stopped last year without finding even a parking ticket across the whole of the globe.

By: Cathy

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

If it wasn’t tragic…well it is and it’s called the John Winston Howard era. An administrative force dominated by bigotry and conceit that blighted the nation’s social and political history. Quite frankly you wonder how one man could influence not just his party colleagues but federal departments and agencies. Here’s the head of our Federal Police… Mick Keelty still struggling with the aftermath of probably being a pawn in a ghastly scenario that’s also cobbled a former, fabulous all-time great Treasurer who’s similarly skewed on a range of ‘going forward’ issues. If that’s not the tip of an asylum seeker, children overboard, shafted workers, cheated skills, education and training human iceberg.. what is.