Public Safety committee  I'm afraid I really don't really quite follow the question. You're asking--

Public Safety committee  We'll do our best, at the same time as we give you information on the three cases you asked about.

Public Safety committee  Perhaps I can assist. I would direct your attention to section 11 of the Witness Protection Program Act, and the strict prohibition there is the disclosure, directly or indirectly, of information about the location or a change of identity. Essentially, what can be disclosed is any information about a person charged in a court proceeding in one of those identities, but the problem is when they link the two together.

Public Safety committee  There's an issue of criminal intent in all these cases. The press would have to know that the person is in the witness protection program and that they are indirectly identifying him. The act is not that specific on the issue of photographs or drawings of a person, and that would have to be looked at as an indirect disclosure in some fashion, if they did so.

Public Safety committee  Unfortunately, I don't have specifics on those three cases, so I won't be able to advise this committee where those are at.

Public Safety committee  We'll do our best to get the information.

Public Safety committee  Yes, I could say that there have been cases in which people have had their identities disclosed as a result of court proceedings.