*Ø* Blogmanac | Guantanamo Bay, Australia ? Secret police given extraordinary powers
"Proposed amendments to the federal government's security legislation did nothing to address its fundamental flaw, the Australian Greens said today ...

"Greens Leader Bob Brown said the Greens would continue to oppose the legislation [which] allows totally innocent people .... to be picked up off the street, detained for a week, questioned in blocks of up to eight hours by ASIO acting as a new police force without necessarily having their lawyer there."

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