Yes, there is a logic to it. It shows very clearly that governments around the world are using anti-terrorism laws as a blank warrant to do whatever they please

Yes, there is a logic to it. It shows very clearly that governments around the world are using anti-terrorism laws as a blank warrant to do whatever they please (particularly to foreigners). If the detention authority extends to someone who interacts with someone who interviewed someone accused of exposing an anti-terrorist program, there are very few things left outside its reach indeed.