Sarky really has been studying up on the Bush playbook, hasn't he?  Right down to throwing out the constitutional rights of the existing population in order to defend "victims" (who may never exist) of crimes that may never be committed.  (In the US, we call it the "war on terror.")  Perhaps he wants to show his mentor that he, too, can achieve a 19% popular approval rating--and a damned sight faster than Bush did, too!  And all in the serene confidence that nothing short of impeachment will stop him.