Editing David Hicks (section)

==Return to Australia==
In April 2007, Hicks was returned to Australia to serve the remaining nine months of a suspended seven-year sentence. During this period, he was precluded from all media contact. There was criticism that the government delayed his release until after the [[2007 Australian federal election|2007 Australian election]].<ref>{{cite news|last=Ackland|first=Richard|title=Stench of Hicks prosecution lingers as court exposes its flimsy basis|url=http://www.smh.com.au/opinion/politics/stench-of-hicks-prosecution-lingers-as-court-exposes-its-flimsy-basis-20121018-27tsb.html|access-date=19 October 2012|newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald|date=19 October 2012}}</ref> [[Morris Davis|Colonel Morris Davis]], the former [[The Pentagon|Pentagon]] chief [[prosecutor]], later confessed political interference in the case by the [[Presidency of George W. Bush|Bush administration]] in the United States and the [[John Howard|Howard]] government in Australia.<ref name="AUST20080225_HicksCasePolitical"/> He said that Hicks should not have been prosecuted.<ref name="ABC20080429_Prosecutor"/>

Hicks served his term in Adelaide's [[Yatala Labour Prison]] and was released under a [[Australian Anti-Terrorism Act 2005#Summary of changes|control order]] on 29 December 2007. The control order expired in December 2008.  Hicks still lives in Adelaide and has written an autobiography.