Mr.Tanner/Steve Madden,
Thank you for your comments, they have shed light on an otherwise dark subject.
As for Corby, there has been questions surrounding baggage handlers, and our police may discover further evidence there.

On Hicks, those who claim he should not be in the same grouping as the others, have obviously not afforded him the presumption of innocence until proven guilty, and have been happy to go along with trial by media.

What a sad inditement on the radical right, as Senator Barnaby Joyce described them "the lunatic right" who are unable to see past their collective noses.

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People say David Hicks has never got a fair trial. Nor did Van. What sort of trial was that? Certainly not fair. Just a rubber stamping, no more, no less.

We have our hands tied, we cannot ask for a fair trial because the meaning is lost outside our shores. Even within our shores to be honest.

So they suffer what fate deals them, has nothing to do with fair trials at all.

I will not travel to any country that I feel has an unjust legal system, so I guess I am stuck visiting the Great Barrier reef for the next century. Not that I mind at all:)

David Hicks is one of the few (from 3 years ago who are still being held in GTMO. Most have been found to be innocent, many have been returned to their countries. He is being held up and is most certainly to be the sacrificial lamb for the USA to show the world what they will do to 'terrorists' whether innocent or not. If the USA try David Hicks in a military court room, there will be no justice as western nations expect. This will not be a fair trial. The Australian Government, by its lack of pressure toward the USA Government is showing all Australians that they will not have any protection against such illegal detainment of its citizens. This is not about drug runners, this is about a man who has been incarcerated and treated as guilty, without counsell, without rights, without all that we would expect (in a legal system)from a democratic ally. Are Australians so hooked on the word terrorist that any punishment handed down is fair and just? David Hicks did not commit any crime on USA soil, if he had, he would be tried in the usual way and within the Justice system of that country.

In a Western Democracy, are not all men innocent till proven, with reasonable doubt, to be guilty. Will the USA also be on trial for supporting the Taliban against the Russians? Something stinks, and we are just as culpable as the USA in this matter.

Error in comment: wrote *with reasonable doubt - I meant to type beyond reasonable doubt. I am sure the readers will understand.

Unfortunately due to typing this error correction, I cannot now comment again today, so any responses to my post, which may require further comment, will have to wait till tomorrow night. * oh bugger it.