On the first question, there are some unusual aspects to this situation. Yes, it was unusual for the Chief of Defence Staff to sign an arrangement like this. It should have been done by the ambassador to Afghanistan. It doesn't mean that it's fatally flawed, but it is unusual.
It's also unusual, to be frank, that the civil servants are insisting that this is not a treaty. It fulfills the conditions of a treaty under the Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties, and I would think we would want it to be a treaty, because then we can demand that the Afghan government fulfill its side of the bargain on legally binding terms.
With respect to your second question, I would certainly hope that we have a plan for when or if we apprehend a senior al-Qaeda operative, just like I hope we have a plan for if we apprehend someone who we think has been targeting the Canadian Forces. Mr. Rigby suggested there wasn't a plan. He said we'd have to check back with Ottawa. Well, let's get on top of this in advance so that we know what we're going to do. If we capture Osama bin Laden, how are we going to ensure that he provides high-value intelligence for our NATO partners and that at the same time our obligations under international humanitarian law are not violated?
There are ways to do this, but you have to plan them in advance. One way you could do it, just to throw out a suggestion, would be to say that regardless of who we transfer to, for high-value operatives a Canadian official will always be present during the course of the interrogations. Problem solved.