he had held before 2001. In February 2010, Habib was scheduled to appear in his ten-minute play, Waiting For Mamdouh, a monologue about his time in detention, at the Short+Sweet theatrical festival in Sydney. In December 2010, Habib reached an out-of-court, confidential settlement with the Australian government. He received a secret sum in exchange for absolving the government of liability in his treatment during his detention by the United States. At the time, Habib has said that he plans to use the money to begin an international lawsuit against the Egyptian and United States governments over his treatment. He said that he had fresh evidence, including film footage. On 13 February 2011, the Sydney Morning Herald published an article confirming Habib's accounts of torture in Egypt with at least one Australian officer as a witness, as an Egyptian officer had affirmed his account and named the officer. The Australian government initiated an investigation. The newspaper said the officer's account was the reason that the government had settled with Habib in December 2010. The officer said there were videotapes of the interrogations of Habib. In April 2011, Habib's case file was among many documents from the Guantanamo Bay detention camp in the WikiLeaks. His records from Guantanamo Bay included American comments that he was "deceptive." In May 2011, Habib was granted an Australian passport. The Australian Security Intelligence Organisation (ASIO) said that it no longer considered him a security risk. Entrance into Australian politics In the March 2007 New South Wales state election, Habib stood as an independent candidate in the safe Labor seat of Auburn in Sydney. He received less than 5% of the vote and the seat was comfortably retained by the Australian Labor Party. He campaigned for the removal of the Federal Government's anti-terror laws, stating "The terror laws are if you have terrorists, but we don't have terrorists". See also List of Australians in international prisons David Hicks Torture References External links "Habib sues Egyptian VP over alleged torture" 15 April 2011 "Habib wins defamation case" 16 March 2010 "Ex-Guantanamo detainee Mamdouh Habib to sue Australia", BBC 25 February 2010 Link to Mamdouh's one-man play about his experiences in Guantanamo Bay, Short+Sweet Sydney 2010 Mamdouh Habib, Prisoners without Trials Mamdouh Habib, LA Times, 13 January Worst of the Worst?, 4 Corners, 2004, ABC, 19 July 2004 – includes link to transcript. "Habib trained terrorists: US", Sydney Morning