Hick's father says plea deal proves case corruption

Guantanamo inmate David Hicks, gagged from speaking to the media, will soon return to Australia from Cuba under a plea deal that reflects the weakness of the prosecution case and political needs of a close US ally, his father said today.

“The military commission system is transparent all right – transparently corrupt,” Terry Hicks said, exuberant about the leniency of his son’s sentence but still furious about the treatment the 31-year-old Muslim convert has endured for five years.