Ms. Bourgeois, I don't want to be outrageously technical, but I must say that the Americans are, like us, governed by the rule of law. If that does not fall within a treaty such as... In the same way we would have to tell them that we are not in a position to provide them access if they were to make a request that was inconsistent with the treaty governing our relationship, that is what would have happened with the Americans.
On June 19th, 2008. See this statement in context.