But, Madam Lynch, wouldn't you agree with me that while you might be looking at infringements of the act on a case-by-case basis, the government's retort to all of that would be that national security and everybody else's safety is not on a case-by-case basis? It's really what the word “national” indicates--namely, that there is a collective need for us to adopt this particular measure.
I think you mentioned, or at least alluded to, the point that human rights or individual rights are secondary to collective needs.
So what do you say to that when the government says, “We have to do this because of national security”?