Australian Police Chief Seeks Terror Reporting Ban

Posted by samzenpus on Wednesday January 30, 2008 @05:02PM from the ignorance-is-bliss dept.

DJMajah writes "News.com.au reports that Australian Federal Police chief Mick Keelty has called for a media blackout on reporting of terrorism investigations and cases before trial in a speech to the Sydney Institute last night. Although he doesn't believe public institutions should be immune from public accountability, he goes on to say that public discussion should be delayed until information is made available by the courts or legal proceedings are complete. This all comes after last year's widely reported case of Dr. Mohammed Haneef who was detained then later deported from Australia on evidence described as weak — and seen by some, including Haneef, as a conspiracy."

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Re:It's just not fair! by c6gunner · 2008-01-30 18:19 · Score: 0, Flamebait

If I was Osama, I'd be laughing myself sick watching these clowns destroy that nasty, evil free society I hate so much. I couldn't do a better job with another hundred planes.
No, thundernuts, you just don't get it. These kinds of measures have been brought up, discussed, and dismissed, many, MANY times before. They will doubtless be discussed many, MANY times more. Our ability to discuss ideas openly and without restrictions is exactly what makes our society free, even when the topic at hand happens to be the proposed introduction of restrictions. Your overreaction is, sadly, rather typical.