I wonder how the people

I wonder how the people in Australia will feel about this one?

JAKARTA (Reuters) - A Bali bomber serving a life term for
his role in the nightclub blasts that killed 202 people was treated by
police to an outing at an up-market shopping mall in the Indonesian
capital, police admitted Thursday. Ali Imron was spotted Wednesday
sipping coffee at a Starbucks in the central Plaza Indonesia mall,
where security has been tightened after a wave of bombings targeting
Western interests in recent years. He was accompanied by
Brigadier-General Gorris Mere, who is involved in the Bali
investigations, and a number of armed guards, who quickly escorted
Imron to a waiting car and drove away after being spotted by reporters.
Police were initially unable to confirm Imron's outing, but Thursday
morning, after reports appeared in newspapers, the national police
spokesman said the excursion was part of an effort to investigate
terror cases. "As long as it's for the investigation, anything can be
done. About the location, it is merely technical. If the examiner or
investigator thinks it is necessary then it would be allowed. No
problem," said Inspector-General Paiman. Other police officials said
Imron had been brought to Jakarta in connection with another case.
Paiman declined to say how long Imron would remain in the capital.
Imron was sentenced to life in jail last September for his role in the
2002 nightclub blasts. The majority of those killed were foreign
tourists.

So, let's see if I've got this one straight. The police in Indonesia
take a convicted Islamofascist bomber out to coffee at Starbucks in an
effort to play nice. The guy apparently wanted a good cup of coffee.
The authorities agreed and took him to a Starbucks, which happens to be
located right in the middle of a mall that would have made an excellent target for the group of nutjobs this man associated with.

"They're just gathering information, Kathy. It's no big deal," you say.

Well, in reply, I would request that you ask yourself this question: How well would it fly here
if, say, Mohammed Atta had survived 9/11 and the police took him to a
Starbucks in Midtown Manhattan in an effort to get information out of
him? Pushing aside the quest for a decent cup of joe for a moment, keep
in mind that there are any number of tall buildings in Midtown that
Al-Qaeda is just itching to take down. Also keep in mind that we
wouldn't know if prison life had cut Atta off from Al-Qaeda. Sure it's
more than likely that he'd be in solitary, but do you really want to
take the chance? If you're law enforcement, do you really want to take
a known bomber to a place where they could gather information for
potential further attacks? Is it really worth it? If that scenario
doesn't set your alarm bells ringing, you just don't get it.

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