Because, Mr. Irvine, despite your deceptive insistence to the contrary, your interest is not to save my life, your interest is solely to ensure my complete and unquestioning obedience to the letter of the law,
No. Mr Irvine's interest is to further his own career, and to increase the size and power of ASIO, for its own sake.
ASIO or the AFP's analysis or reassurances are not worth very much at all. Consider Haneef etc. Or the Sydney Hilton Bombing which was not that long ago.
