Hicks 'pleaded guilty to get out'

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This is what the Aussie press has to say about David Hicks...

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Hicks 'pleaded guilty to get out'

Terry Hicks says his son David pleaded guilty to supporting a terrorist organisation just to get out of Guantanamo Bay.

Mr Hicks spent several hours inside the US naval prison in Cuba with his son, who has been there for the past five years.

Terry says David has put on a great deal of weight and has puffy eyes.

He says David was hard to talk to at first but the 31-year-old began to open up during a second, more emotional meeting.

"The emotions finally took over so it's good, I don't mind shedding tears, we're all in the same boat," he said.

He says David has not been able to exercise because he is abused by other prisoners.

"The detainees yell out abuse at him and they say he's being paid by
the CIA and all this sort of business to spy on them - that sort of
thing," he said.

"So he's under quite a bit of stress through that. He won't go out into
the exercise yards because he's been abused verbally from the rest of
the detainees, so that's not good.

"We could tell by the second conversation that he was desperate, he just wanted to get out."

Terry says he doubts Australians will view his son as a terrorist.