Remember, intent is a significant piece of the types of things we're discussing here today. The way you determine intent is generally through intelligence, whether it be associations, previous history, relationships, or activities. There has to be the opportunity to determine intent.
As I have said at previous meetings here, when we discussed biometrics, the intention is not to spy on citizens of our own countries or other countries. The intention is to use the means that are available to us, again respecting the dignity of individuals, to attempt to determine intent. Unfortunately, most of these types of things that we have done in the past have been forensics, trying to determine what a person's intent was because they committed a particular act.
As people now gain access to our countries, as people now have the type of capabilities that Walter has mentioned, where a single person or a small group of people can effect tremendous damage on the security of both nations, it's imperative to have some understanding of the intent, the associations and relationships of the people who are trying to seek permanent residency on our shores and, certainly, as we do to some extent, of the people who only wish to come and conduct business on our shores. As the times have changed, the nature of the threat has changed. We need to have different ways of monitoring the people who are coming to our nation and trying to determine the true intent of those people coming to our nation.