Mohamed Haneef's lawyers say the Australian Federal Police (AFP) repeatedly denied their client's request for a lawyer to be present during his first interview.
Dr Haneef was charged with supporting a terrorist organisation last year, but the charge was later dropped.
Lawyer Rod Hodgson says the AFP has been forced to disclose seven previously-withheld transcripts of interviews with Dr Haneef that will be used in the Clarke inquiry into the handling of the case.
Mr Hodgson says the transcripts show Dr Haneef was easily able to explain his actions to police and so should not have been charged.
"The other matter of great significance is that Haneef was asked three times in that first interview whether he wanted a lawyer present and on each occasion he said yes, but on each occassion the AFP didn't do anything about it," he said.
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