Aussie Hicks May Get Rich on Gitmo Story

Released prisoner could get $1M for TV, book, magazine rights
By Jane Yager,  Newser Staff
Posted Feb 1, 2008 8:20 AM CST
Aussie Hicks May Get Rich on Gitmo Story
Former Guantanamo terror prisoner David Hicks is driven away from Yatala high security prison in the southern city of Adelaide Saturday, December 29, 2007. Hicks, a former kangaroo skinner who pleaded guilty to supporting al-Qaida at a U.S. military tribunal after being captured in 2001 in Afghanistan,...   (Associated Press)

A worldwide media bidding war has erupted for rights to the story of Australian David Hicks, the only Guantanamo prisoner convicted of terrorism charges, who was released a month ago from an Australian prison. If Hicks sells his story, he would  violate Australian proceeds-of-crime laws, but his advisers are resolved to do so anyway, the Australian reports.

Hicks, a onetime kangaroo skinner, trained with al-Qaeda in Afghanistan, where he met Osama bin Laden, whom he describes as "lovely." Captured in 2001, he spent 5 years in Guantanamo and is now under a US-imposed gag order until March 26. The price on Hicks' story is rumored to be up to $1M. (More David Hicks stories.)

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