Give me at least two minutes, because I would like to make a few comments.
Mr. Judd, I fully understand the position you explained to Laurie Hawn, and I know how sensitive it is to work for a secret organization, but I also know how necessary it is. In fact, I am in complete agreement with the views expressed about this by Mr. Justice Dennis O'Connor.
However, I have noted that in the absence of information, generally, there are rumours, and they are always worse than the truth.
I also think that our security depends a great deal more on the work of your organizations than on the legislation we are amending here.
So I understand the thankless position in which you find yourself, particularly since we are trying to save the lives of potential innocent victims of terrorist activity. I have not lost my old reflexes as a lawyer, and I think that in behaving in this way, we must also avoid having innocent victims suffer an unacceptable fate.
Could you tell me exactly why the United States sent Mr. Arar to Syria? Have you asked that question? If so, did you get an answer or not? If you did get an answer, did it have any impact on your way of handling this matter?
I am asking all these questions at once, because I have very little time. I think it is normal that someone who was sent in Syria by the United States and who returns from there would necessarily be a person of interest to you. However, it does not seem to me that you have dealt with the issue as though that was the case.