CIA • 2003

AFP: LAWYER CLAIMS AUSTRALIAN TERROR SUSPECT WILL NOT GET FAIR TRIAL IN US

Approved for Release: 2018/05/01 C06716951 FM FBIS RESTON VA BT UNCLAS 080459Z JUL 03 Approved for Release: 2018/05/01 C06716951 FOIA-06101 Approved for Release: 2018/05/01 C06716951 WARNING: TOPIC: INTERNATIONAL POLITICAL, TERRORISM SERIAL: JPP20030708000058 COUNTRY: AUSTRALIA, UNITED STATES SUBJ: AFP: LAWYER CLAIMS AUSTRALIAN TERROR SUSPECT WILL NOT GET FAIR TRIAL IN US SOURCE: HONG KONG AFP IN ENGLISH 0423 GMT 08 JUL 03 TEXT: [FBIS TRANSCRIBED TEXT] SYDNEY, JULY 8 (AFP) - AUSTRALIAN-BORN TALIBAN FIGHTER DAVID HICKS, WHO IS BEING HELD BY US AUTHORITIES AS A SUSPECTED TERRORIST, IS UNLIKELY TO RECEIVE A FAIR TRIAL, THE HEAD OF AMERICA'S CRIMINAL DEFENCE LAWYERS GROUP SAID TUESDAY. US NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF CRIMINAL DEFENCE LAWYERS (NACDL) PRESIDENT LAWRENCE GOLDMAN SAID THERE WOULD BE NO CONFIDENTIALITY BETWEEN LAWYERS AND CLIENTS, WHICH IS HELD TO BE A BASIC TENET OF LEGAL REPRESENTATION, AND THAT WOULD MAKE IT VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE FOR A TRIAL TO BE FAIR. THE NACDL HAS ADVISED ALL ITS MEMBERS THAT THEY SHOULD NOT ACT AS CIVILIAN DEFENCE COUNSEL IN THE MILITARY TRIALS BECAUSE IT BELIEVES THE PROCESS IS UNLIKELY TO BE FAIR...