Are we in a state of emergency in this country? I never heard the government say we were. (No, I haven't had my head in the sand, that was a political rhetorical question).
If the police want to question someone about an alleged offence, fine. Question away.
However, if detaining a large number of people for an alleged offence, it must have been obvious from the start that the majority, if not all, were completely innocent. The greatest effort should have been made to determine their innocence and allow them to be released.
If people were not questioned at all, even to confirm their identity, surely this could be a case of the police exceeding their powers?
The answer, almost as always, is to allocate more resources to the problem. NEMA has a problem with security resources, if you ask the right question you will be told that the airport will not pay for more badly needed security personnel.
