But our minister said in a statement after the event that he was up all night making a decision about implementing this technology. That doesn't sound like something that was well planned or well thought out. It sounds like something that was done at the very last moment--to decide to buy the equipment and install it over the Christmas season.
Where was the threat assessment out of the particular incident so that the decision-makers could understand where the threat was coming from and make qualified decisions about the implementation of very intrusive technology into this particular security line?