As if Ruddock doesn’t have

As if Ruddock doesn’t have enough on his plate in his new portfolio an Australian lawyer thinks being forced to do time for a crime against humanity is a greater transgression than doing the crime. No wonder there are so many lawyer jokes. PHILIP Ruddock’s first task as attorney-general should be to clarify the status of the two Australians held by the US military in Guantanamo Bay, Law Institute of Victoria president Bill O’Shea said yesterday. Why? The status of these two has already been clarified. They were caught fighting for the Taliban who were trying to kill coalition forces. The fact that Australians were a part of that coalition makes it even clearer. They should stay incarcerated for the duration of the War against Terrorism. Clarified?