Public Safety committee  I'm sorry.

Public Safety committee  I don't think I have. I'm sorry, which one is that?

Public Safety committee  I don't think I have.

Public Safety committee  I'm sorry. You're asking me to comment on whether I've actually—

Public Safety committee  Okay.

Public Safety committee  With respect to CSIS, I would just put one wrinkle on that. We have four areas of policy: administration, security, human resources, and operations. Many of these are public. Some, however, are not, for reasons of national security confidence that I'm sure you can understand. A l

Public Safety committee  Okay. That's almost like the question “What don't you know that you wish you'd said if you didn't...?”

Public Safety committee  Certainly. If you don't mind, I can take that back; I know that the director, in October 2006, spoke to a number of those. I think of the 23 recommendations--and that has become sort of a buzz phrase, if I may say--there were only six recommendations that mentioned CSIS specifica

Public Safety committee  That was the letter that I understand the committee.... Yes, I must admit, to be honest, that I wasn't involved and I didn't see it, but when it was mentioned before, I took the occasion to get a copy of it and take a look at it. And yes, I mean.... You'll notice that on page 2 h

Public Safety committee  Yes. We drew lots and I lost, so I think I get to start.

Public Safety committee  Thank you, Mr. Chairman. My name is Geoffrey O'Brian. I'm a member of CSIS. I am, by training, a lawyer, but I have been a manager within the service since it started. I recognize that my appearance here today follows on that of two CSIS directors, both our current one and our

Information & Ethics committee  That's what we do.

Information & Ethics committee  I just want to be a public servant, which is what I am. Public servants are supposed to supply information and assist. We don't set policy. Some of these items are generally phrased. It would be something for the Minister of Public Safety and all of those folks to comment on.

Information & Ethics committee  The problem is, you're dealing with only one side of the equation, our side. Frankly, there are countries—for reasons good and bad—that will not and do not as a common practice reduce these kinds of arrangements to writing. Some very civilized countries interpret agreements in w

Information & Ethics committee  Frankly, it depends on the situation. We have situations--and perhaps we could take the O'Connor report as an example--where there is a seizure of hard drives. Because we're not capable of processing it, we may give a copy on CD of that hard drive to our allied services to assis