Well, it's a - I don't want... by Alexander Downer, an Australian Politician

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“Well, it's a - I don't want to disappoint you, but it's a time worn tradition of Australian Governments over many years not to get into any discussion about that aspect of intelligence matters.”

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Alexander Downer

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Name: Alexander Downer

Nationality: Australian

Date of Birth: Sep 9, 1951

Profession: Politician

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Well, I'm not going to go into what the letter says, because the police are looking at that. But as you say it's in Bahasa. But of course that's not to suggest that the letter came from outside of Australia. It came from in Australia. It came from Victoria.

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Sheik Hilaly is making a good contribution. He is making a good contribution.

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Well, it's a - I don't want to disappoint you, but it's a time worn tradition of Australian Governments over many years not to get into any discussion about that aspect of intelligence matters.

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So this is all part of a free society. People are entitled to hold whatever view they want, and the media can report things how they wish.

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