Just after midnight, on Saturday October 19, 2002 at the Presidential Palace in Jakarta, Indonesia’s Minister of Justice and Human Rights Yusril Ihza Mahendra and Coordinating Minister for Political and Security Affairs Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono announced the issuance of Indonesia’s unprecedented antiterrorism regulations. Yusril Ihza Mahendra’s announcement followed eight hours of deliberation by members of closed cabinet meetin