What we're saying is that there were authorities, and they continue to be used. That's one of the things we found in our review of SCISA. There are many other lawful authorities for information sharing and national security that have been used in the past. What I'm saying in terms of necessity is that we have not seen a clear articulation with clear examples of how the previous law created an impediment to desirable information sharing. There's a discourse that information sharing is desirable from a national security perspective. I think that's correct. But there was no absence of legislation before SCISA. There were many authorities. What we've not seen is evidence that the previous law was insufficient or created impediments to the work of national security agencies.
On November 22nd, 2016. See this statement in context.