I beg to differ with my colleague. I think it's important to have these meetings in public, so that the public can hear what the security people are doing and how they're doing it. If they want to tell us anything that might jeopardize security, then we can go in camera. I would rather have the option of having it open. I agree with the concern, but if security issues prevent them from giving us the answer in public, we can go in camera.
The operating principle that we should have is that the public has the right to know. If it doesn't have the right to know, then we have to tell the public why.