Public Safety committee  --or it's a conclusion drawn from the information garnered.

Public Safety committee  No, I do not, Mr. Chairman.

Public Safety committee  Because national security is not at issue here.

Public Safety committee  Mr. Chairman, General McChrystal, as I understand it, smeared his commander-in-chief. I don't think there's an analogy here at all.

Public Safety committee  I don't think it's a question, Mr. Chairman, of getting me off the hook. If Parliament inserted foreign interference in the act, clearly there was the recognition that the foreign interference had to be exerted against someone. I can't think of very many other categories, other than those who are engaged in public life.

Public Safety committee  I made a general statement about concerns about foreign interference. I do not believe section 19 applies.

Public Safety committee  Yes.

Public Safety committee  As I answered a few moments ago to one of your colleagues, Mr. Chairman, no agency act specifies that it is the duty of officers to talk to the public. It is implied.

Public Safety committee  Yes, Mr. Chairman.

Public Safety committee  I don't think it was a question of right. The act specifies that we must disclose intelligence information to the government. I was making a general statement. I don't think it applies. As I mentioned earlier, the general audience operates in this area of activity. I think they have understood what I gave them as an example of a concern--no more, no less.

Public Safety committee  I think you're asking me to do something that's very difficult. It's something we tend to do on a case-by-case basis. As I tried to suggest in my opening remarks, there really is a spectrum of activities that go from the totally innocuous to somebody who, because of a secret influence or a threat of some sort, changes his or her position.

Public Safety committee  I wasn't sure there was a question there.

Public Safety committee  I think it's a rather hypothetical question, Mr. Chairman.

Public Safety committee  I already answered that, Mr. Chair.

Public Safety committee  First, Mr. Chairman, I want to repeat in English what I said in response to Mr. Laframboise. The information that I gave was not classified. It wasn't sensitive in the national security sense. I repeat, I regret having given that level of detail, and I can assure you I won't be doing that again.