Hicks case flawed all along: prosecutor

THE Pentagon's former chief prosecutor has admitted he never wanted to pursue charges against the Australian terrorism suspect David Hicks.

Mr Hicks's family and lawyer claimed vindication yesterday after the US Air Force Colonel, Moe Davis - appearing as a witness at a pre-trial hearing for another Guantanamo Bay inmate - said the Australian was not worth charging because he was not considered as serious an offender as other inmates.

But Colonel Davis said he had "inherited" the Hicks case from another prosecutor and was under political pressure to press charges. He had wanted to pursue cases that warranted 20-year sentences, which did not include Mr Hicks. He said the plea bargain to which Mr Hicks agreed to get out of Guantanamo Bay had been organised without his knowledge.

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