The confirmation of service demand is very front-end, at the beginning of an investigation, to enable us to gather basic information to pursue an investigation. We have very little information—for instance, a phone number or an IP address. Just that yes-or-no confirmation from a telecommunications service provider gives us the ability to verify that this person is with this company. Then, we can start doing investigative work around that to get enough grounds to bring forward a production order to get subscriber information as a next step. We still have to build those investigative grounds in order to bring forward a production order to get subscriber information from a justice.
Although there are various ways that law enforcement and intelligence folks are able to get that information traditionally, that confirmation of service demand codifies that process and makes it disclosable. We have to document a confirmation of service demand. It goes on our file, is disclosed in court and can be questioned. We have reasonable grounds to suspect and to ask for the confirmation of service. Once it's obtained, then we still have to build investigative capacity around a production order to go to a justice or a judge.
