Still, the latest judicial document in the ongoing battle, a 337-page justification of the most recent convictions made public on Tuesday, marks a new low.
He said that the government was committed to securing the maximum number of convictions in terrorism and serious crime cases: "The experience of other countries is that the use of evidence gathered through interception may help to achieve that.
The facility was even unknown to Rob Warden, the founder of Northwestern University Law School's Center on Wrongful Convictions, until the Guardian informed him of the allegations of clients who vanish into inherently coercive police custody.
The experts' public report will include recommendations for particularly difficult removal requests (such as criminal convictions); thoughts on the implications of the court's decision for European internet users, news publishers, search engines and others; and procedural steps that could improve accountability and transparency for websites and citizens.
Convictions under the laws, section 60 of the criminal code, dictate compulsory jail time for bikies not only gathering in public but also attending clubhouses or recruiting.
Bygraves, who has 21 convictions for 49 different offences including two for robbery, was out on bail for a domestic matter at the time of the attack.
But the ECHR judges ruled that the convictions had violated the journalists' right to freedom of expression.
Almost a third of recruits have already been withdrawn and there have been a series of criminal charges and convictions for sex offences.
Typically, the mechanisms involved include retribution against perpetrators through the criminal justice system, and reparations to victims, including the return of property, financial compensation for suffering, or symbolic gestures such as overturning unjust convictions – as well as simply saying sorry.
"We're so sensitive to make sure we don't offend certain religions, but then we act like Christians can't have the convictions that they have had for over 2,000 years".
Clearly the filmmakers feel that Stevens was being heroic to overcome personal pride and to muffle his true convictions to the occasion, but they want you to know that if you can't stomach such dishonest tactics you too have a representative in the film.
