yeh ask the Jordanians if 28 days seems about right this morning.

There remain many places in the world (Jordan possibly being one of them) where there are no safeguards to protect their people from being imprisioned indefinitely on mere suspicion - or places where there are no effective laws at all. I hope you are not suggesting that we join them?

As it would seem that having these powers does not protect them from terrorist attacks and some may argue that such unchecked powers make terrorist attacks more likely.