Publishers to fight to pay Hicks

By Paul Mulvey
April 30, 2007 06:29pm

PUBLISHERS will be lining up to sign David Hicks to a book deal after lawyers said the convicted terrorist would be able to profit from telling his story.
The first book to be written about Hicks' five-year detention in Guantanamo Bay is due to go on sale tomorrow, prompting Attorney-General Philip Ruddock to commit to ensuring the Adelaide man does not cash in on future publications.
While Hicks will receive no money from Detainee 002, written by ABC journalist Leigh Sales, publishers believe he has the right to profit from penning his own book.
Melbourne University Publishing (MUP), which published Detainee 002, has received legal advice that Hicks' plea agreement with US authorities would not prevent him writing about his involvement with the Taliban in Afghanistan and his detention at Guantanamo Bay.>>>cont

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