The great challenge is to actually target terrorism, as opposed to just doing a media/electoral grab and BEING SEEN to target terrorism without actually doing so.

Producing a number of scapegoats under a media spotlight will satisfy the masses - and bringing in laws to allow all this to happen without judicial scrutiny.

Nauru, Guantanamo Bay, are precedents for establish a government response off shore, which is not constrained by the normal checks and balances that the courts provide. That is, it can be totally illegal and unconstitutional, and there's no legal redress for the victims.