Other participants may want to tell me whether they understand the kind of situation we're facing here. Quite frankly, putting a judge in that situation… The fact is that judges are independent. I don't think you doubt the independence of Justice O'Connor, and other judges are also appointed for life.
I guess you can assume that their intellectual honesty could cause them to doubt some of the secret information they are given and the means by which that information was obtained. So, they have to weigh the pros and cons. They are presented with secret information that has to remain that way, for the reasons I cited earlier and that you also understand.
What we need is a system that would allow us to assess the danger in relation to the respect we have to show for all citizens, even if they're not Canadian.