Sunday, March 02, 2008
HICKS QUITS STICKS
Dave drops in:
The man described by a federal magistrate last month as capable of committing a terrorist act has been given special dispensation to leave South Australia.
The Sun-Herald understands that Hicks, 32, has been living with a female friend at Abbotsford, a waterfront suburb in Sydney’s inner west.
Let’s hope she meets David’s requirements.
He has obtained a learner driver’s licence and has been seen driving around the suburb in the company of a female friend, with L-plates attached to his car.
But, but ... the environment!
Hicks’s lawyer, David McLeod, said the former Guantanamo Bay inmate was being mentored by Australian adventurer Dick Smith, who campaigned for a fair trial for the South Australian during Hicks’s five-year detention.
"David has developed a close relationship with Dick Smith,” Mr McLeod said.
For the first time, I feel a little sorry for Dave. At least in Gitmo he learned something.