Fed: PM accuses Rudd of misleading public over Hicks

AAP General News (Australia)
02-22-2007
Fed: PM accuses Rudd of misleading public over Hicks

CANBERRA, Feb 22 AAP - Prime Minister John Howard has accused Opposition Leader Kevin
Rudd of misleading the Australian public about David Hicks' military commission trial.

The government is under pressure over the plight of Hicks, who has been held at the
United States military prison at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba for five years without trial.

Former military judge Susan Crawford is currently considering the charges of attempted
murder and providing support for terrorism recommended against Hicks.

However, they have yet to be formally …