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Neocon Nuttery See other Neocon Nuttery Articles Title: Officers wrote names in Haneef's diary * Police wrote names of suspects in Haneef's diary * Police asked Haneef why he wrote the names * No evidence of Q1 attack plot A NEW bungle has emerged in the investigation of Mohamed Haneef as Australian Federal Police chief Mick Keelty yesterday dimissed reports that the Indian doctor was suspected of being involved in a plot to attack the Gold Coast's tallest building. The Australian can reveal that investigating AFP officers wrote the names of overseas terror suspects in Dr Haneef's personal diary, only to later grill him during an interrogation over whether he had written the potentially incriminating notes. The mistake is revealed in the record of the first interview between Dr Haneef and two officers from the AFP's counter-terrorism force, Queensland Detective Sergeant Adam Simms and federal agent Neil Thompson. Towards the end of the interview, which occurred soon after Dr Haneef was arrested at Brisbane International Airport on July 2 for allegedly providing support to a terrorist organisation, Sergeant Simms states: "In your diary, you had handwritten notes. Is this your writing?" Dr Haneef replies: "No. This is not my writing. Definitely not." After suspending the interview, the officers returned to the question of the handwritten notes, including the name and contact details of suicide bomber Kafeel Ahmed, a second-cousin of Dr Haneef. Sergeant Simms states: "Now, as I was alluding to, or as I was going to show you, before ... police who have been looking through your diary have found some handwritten notes in the back of your diary. And one of these handwritten notes is details for Kafeel Ahmed. Telephone numbers and looks like an address. A couple of addresses. Now, that writing there, is that your writing?" When Dr Haneef again denies it is his writing, Sergeant Simms leaves the room. He returns and says: "Thought that might have been the case. In fact, it's not. This is what's been written by police. So it's not your handwriting at all." Dr Haneef's barrister Stephen Keim said that while there was no suggestion police were trying to trick Dr Haneef, the question remained about why police would write on a diary that could be required as evidence. "The question really is: if it is written on the diary, why would investigating police officers write on something which may later turn out to be evidence?'' Mr Keim said. "So it's more a question of an issue of policing rather than issues in the case against my client.'' The latest blunder emerged as Mr Keelty issued a statement describing as "inaccurate" reports police were investigating a local terror plot after discovering images of the Q1 building in Dr Haneef's Gold Coast unit. The reports claimed an AFP raid this month on the unit unearthed images of the building, as well as documents that referred to destroying structures. "We will be taking the extraordinary step of contacting Dr Haneef's lawyer to correct the record," Mr Keelty said. His comments came amid growing frustration within Labor ranks over the party leadership's refusal to criticise the handling of the case amid fears by federal Opposition Leader Kevin Rudd of a Tampa-style political wedge on national security ahead of the election. The blunder over Dr Haneef's diary was exposed during an analysis of the leaked 142-page record of interview, and follows the arrival in Australia on Saturday night of Imran Siddiqui, the cousin of Dr Haneef's wife, who said he was in Australia to "bring him home". Despite Mr Keelty denial of the claim linking Dr Haneef to a threat against the Q1 building he has during the three-week investigation been silent on previous leaks to the media which Dr Haneef's lawyer claimed were prejudicial to the Gold Coast doctor. He did however comment last week on The Australian's publication of the record of interview between Dr Haneef and police. The Australian's material showed inconsistencies between police affidavits to court and the official record of interview, while an ABC report debunked a commonwealth prosecutor's claims that Dr Haneef's mobile SIM card had been discovered in a burning car that crashed into Glasgow airport. At Griffith University in Brisbane yesterday, Dr Haneef's lawyer, Peter Russo, who was with him when questioned for the second time by AFP detectives last weekend, said there had been no specific questions along the lines of a threat against the Q1 building. He also questioned other aspects of yesterday's press reports, which appeared in News Limited Sunday newspapers. "There is some talk (during the police interview) about photos that were downloaded off the computer, which I regard as tourist photos - nothing sinister in them at all," he said. "But the article goes further. It says he had diagrams of the foundations of the building and things like that. I don't have anything to indicate anything about that. The only people who would be privy to that type of information is the Australian Federal Police." Mr Russo said he hoped Mr Siddiqui, a cousin of Dr Haneef's wife, could visit Dr Haneef today. Mr Siddiqui said he was confident that Dr Haneef was not connected to any acts of terrorism. "I've come here to see the legal proceedings and everything goes through fairly, and we give maximum support to what he needs during his legal fight and hopefully take him back home," he said. The apparent flaws in the investigation are causing unease among federal Labor MPs, who until now have provided "in-principle" support for the federal Government. The member for Lingiari, Warren Snowdon, yesterday accused the Government of making selective leaks to bolster its case and expressed frustration over the lack of verifiable information about the police case against Dr Haneef. Former opposition frontbencher Duncan Kerr, a senior counsel, praised the Haneef defence team and the media. "What reassures me is those parts of civil society we rely on for rule of law, lawyers with courage, the media, these matters are being exposed to public scrutiny," Mr Kerr said. Several Labor MPs expressed anxiety about the Government's handling of the the Indian-born doctor.
Poster Comment: Haneef is going to be one rich "terrorist" by the time this one's over...
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