You certainly mentioned in your testimony that the witness protection program is a tool of last resort because it restricts movement, lifestyle, and associations. Very few, in respect to witnesses, actually apply for the program. It's understandable that if a person's movement is restricted and lifestyle is going to be impacted by entering the program, and associations will be limited, that one would also want to consider that in coming forward. We have parameters in which we would measure whether they would come into the program. I'm certain that witnesses have their own sets of parameters in their head. One, I assume, would be that if they're going to impact their movement, their lifestyle, and their associations for probably the rest of their lives, they would want to know there's going to be a meaningful sentence and sanction to come along with that. Would that be an accurate statement?
On February 28th, 2013. See this statement in context.