Confucius
04-10-2006, 07:26 AM
CANBERRA (Reuters) - An Australian police officer has been suspended while authorities investigate a newspaper report that he consulted a psychic about a death threat made to Prime Minister John Howard.
The Australian Federal Police (AFP) said on Monday that it was investigating the matter, but that it would be inappropriate to comment further. The AFP said it does not condone the use of psychics in security matters.
The Sun-Herald newspaper reported on Sunday that the officer consulted a clairvoyant in the rural town of Cooma in New South Wales state, about 100 km (62 miles) south of Canberra, over a threat to assassinate Howard.
"The government must now investigate how this B-grade movie script could have played out in real life," main opposition Labor's security spokesman Arch Bevis said in a statement.
The AFP said the suspended officer had not been part of Howard's personal AFP security team.
http://uk.news.yahoo.com/10042006/80-132/australia-cop-sees-psychic-pm-death-threat.html
The Australian Federal Police (AFP) said on Monday that it was investigating the matter, but that it would be inappropriate to comment further. The AFP said it does not condone the use of psychics in security matters.
The Sun-Herald newspaper reported on Sunday that the officer consulted a clairvoyant in the rural town of Cooma in New South Wales state, about 100 km (62 miles) south of Canberra, over a threat to assassinate Howard.
"The government must now investigate how this B-grade movie script could have played out in real life," main opposition Labor's security spokesman Arch Bevis said in a statement.
The AFP said the suspended officer had not been part of Howard's personal AFP security team.
http://uk.news.yahoo.com/10042006/80-132/australia-cop-sees-psychic-pm-death-threat.html