Activist gets ASIO papers (American deported from Australia as 'security risk')

news.com.au ^ | 3rd November 2006

[naturalman1975]

AN American peace activist deported from Australia last year and two detained Iraqi asylum seekers have been granted access to ASIO documents that deemed them security risks.

Peace activist Scott Parkin was classified a national security risk while on holiday in Australia last September and was deported.

Iraqi asylum seekers Mohammad Sagar and Muhammad Faisal, who have been detained for more than five years, also received adverse security assessments from ASIO.

The three men applied to the Federal Court for access to the ASIO documents after the federal Government refused to release them.

Justice Ross Sundberg today granted them access to the assessments to prepare for a case that will challenge the ASIO decision deeming them security risks.

In his judgment, Justice Sundberg said he accepted the three men's argument that they needed access to the ASIO documents for their case to prove they were not national security risks.

[Freedom4US]

I think "peace activist" should be in quotes, or they could say "self-described peace activist" or somesuch. It's not like the guy has a real job or anything huh.