Andrews Gives Us The 'Goods'......Sorta.

Kevin Andrews has given us some of the 'secret' information he based his decision to cancel Haneef's visa on, and it doesn't seem to have impressed many. Once again even Andrew Bolt isn't swayed by this attempt at political resuscitation:

'Of course, even these tidbits prove little against Haneef, even if Andrews said it made the Australian Federal Police "highly suspicious". As you'd expect.
After all, the brothers seemed confused about what their second cousins had really done, and how they'd used Haneef's card.
As Andrews himself told it: "The brother added that, 'Auntie told him brother Kafeel used it; he is in some sort of project over there'."
It seems the card was not used for the bombing.
But if Haneef -- a Muslim foreigner in Australia with mad cousins who'd gone bombing - felt it was a good time to go back home, I'm not surprised. '

Only those determined to see him gone regardless of evidence, or lack there of, have cheered the 'new' revelations, but let's look at them.

Hannef's brother appears concerned for him when he writes: "Tell them that you have to (leave) as you have a daughter born. Do not tell them anything else." If I'd just found out that my brother had been linked via his SIM to a crime commited by my family members I think this kind of talk would be typical, it certainly doesn't implicate Haneef with the crime. He also says: "Aunty told me that brother Kafeel used it: he is in some sort of project over there." This sentence suggests that the attack had caught them both off guard, meaning that they knew nothing about a planned attack. It also shows that Kafeel's mother is merely recycling public information, incorrect information, as the SIM was not used by the brothers.

The further nail in the argument that these exchanges are evidence of prior knowledge or guilt is the fact that after this exchange Haneef called Scotland Yard four times to clear up the matter. Would he have done this were he guilty?

The exchange proves that they were nervous of the connection that police had drawn between the attackers and Haneef, but not much else. If you knew you were going to be attached to a crime such as terrorism while in another country wouldn't you try and leave?

Andrews seriously needs to give us the full evidence. These selective tidbits released for the sole purpose of vindicating the minister and incriminating Haneef aren't good enough, in fact he's made it worse for himself. If Haneef's guilty and they have evidence to prove it, release it!