> source:
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,24368018-16382,00.html
>
> CONTRARY to opinion in some quarters, bleeding-heart naivety and soft-
> headed stupidity are not virtues, especially in terror prevention. The
> sooner Australia's misguided civil libertarians understand this, the
> safer their fellow citizens will be. Law enforcement agencies ASIO,
> the Australian Federal Police and Victoria Police deserve
> congratulations for the success of Operation Pendennis. After
> gathering 16,400 hours of electronic surveillance and bugging 98,000
> telephone calls, seven defendants, including radical cleric Abdul
> Nacer Benbrika, have been convicted of being part of a terror cell.
> Despite evidence uncovered of plans to attack the 2005 AFL Grand Final
> at the MCG or Melbourne's Crown casino during Grand Prix week in 2006,
> the trial has drawn bizarre reactions from some who are well enough
> educated to know better.
>
> Rob Stary, who represented seven of the men, claimed the fact that
> four were acquitted showed "they are casting the net too wide". A more
> rational interpretation might be that the acquittals showed due ...