The circus surrounding the dubious terrorism claims against an Indian doctor being held in
Deputy Prime Minister Mark Vaile "made a mistake" when he said Mohamed Haneef's visa had been cancelled to prevent him leaving the country.
I have a special interest in Vaile, of course, he is the incumbent in the election campaign I am currently engaged in.
His comment was retracted the very next day: “Yes, Mr Vaile did make a mistake in terms of ascribing that action to [Immigration Minister] Mr Andrews, it was in fact [Attorney General] Mr Ruddock that took that action,” the spokesman said.
A strange and confusing retraction as it was Andrews who took the action, but never mind.
Political arrest?
But it was another comment in Vaile’s cock-up radio interview that caught my attention:
“It's not a political arrest -- I mean none of the senior ministers nor the Prime Minister arrested the individual concerned,” Vaile said. Okay Mark, I think I can follow that…
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