US court for terror suspects: Gitmo 2.0?Barack Obama may have promised to close Gitmo, but there are ‘a thousand little Gitmos’ across the US, where terror suspects are being given unfair trials, writes Petra Bartosiewicz.
Terrorism laws
ASIO willing to leak to spin the news their way
Why are security agents prepared to break the law to cultivate the media, rather than simply doing their job and letting the headlines take care of themselves?
Targeting the terrorist teachers
As part of its terrorism law review, the Rudd government wants to include the offence of inciting violence on the basis of race, religion or nationality, focusing in particular on those who encourage others.
At last, an Australian terrorism law watchdog
The Rudd government’s new office to review the impact of anti-terrorism laws, the National Security Legislation Monitor, may sound pedestrian — but its role couldn’t be more important, write Andrew Lynch and Nicola McGarrity.
We need an independent review of anti-terror laws
Today, the Senate is scheduled to begin debating an initiative that is sorely needed – the creation of an office of an Independent Reviewer of Australia’s tough anti-terrorism laws, writes Greg Barns.
Terrorism and politics in Australia: an absurd farce
Meantime, Greg Sheridan, who has only recently been surgically removed from Alexander Downer, weighed in today to laud our success in the War Against Stuff, writes Bernard Keane.
Faris v. Barns: Terrorism is not a thought crime
Greg Barns has the right to crusade against these laws but it is a brave thing to do when his client has yet to be sentenced, writes Peter Faris.
Melbourne terror trial sets a very scary precedent
If we allow men to spend decades in gaol for acts that they might have committed in the future, we’re establishing a very scary precedent, writes Jeff Sparrow.
Anti-terror laws bring out the thought police
We need to recognize that there is a world of difference between preparing to act and acting, and merely thinking and talking, writes Greg Barns.
Media freedom hampered by media irresponsibility
An audit of the freedom of information available to the Australian media, released today, makes a powerful argument that free speech in Australia is being subtly whittled away, writes Denis Muller.
Keelty: Forget health and education, terrorists are on the loose
Mick Keelty’s Whitrod Oration is further evidence of just how clueless our top copper is, writes David MacCormack
Secrecy and the Haneef case
Dr Haneef got back to India solely because his defence team refused to meekly drink their allocated dose of shut-the-f*ck-up. Traditionally in terrorism cases, the authorities feed sensational tit-bits to the media while the accused sucks it all up in silence.
