No agency should be immune from public scrutiny: Law Council

31/01/2008

Law Council President Ross Ray QC�has�cautioned�Australian Federal Police Commissioner Mick Keelty�to be�be less focused on vilifying those who have exposed AFP shortcomings and more focused on ensuring that mistakes are not repeated. Ray QC said that media and public scrutiny had played an active role in securing the freedom of Dr Mohamed Haneef.

In a speech to the Sydney Institute, Commissioner Keelty lamented the nature and timing of public scrutiny recently brought to bear on his agency, in relation to its handling of terror cases.

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31 January 2008