Public Safety committee  Like its close colleague espionage, I think it's the sort of thing that varies a great deal over the years. It's quite fluid. It depends in large measure what's happening around the world as well as in Canada. To give an example that is in the public domain and that's been talked about a great deal, when there was a civil war in Sri Lanka we had real concerns in this country about LTTE and what they were doing or not doing.

Public Safety committee  I would say a matter of weeks, not months.

Public Safety committee  Mr. Chair, all of our applications to the Federal Court are classified, and I cannot discuss them with the committee.

Public Safety committee  I can assure you, Mr. Chair, that I would not lie to the committee, whether I was under oath or not.

Public Safety committee  I gave my speech after dinner, during which I did not have any wine.

Public Safety committee  Mr. Chair, I do not think that I neglected my responsibilities. As I said, I regret that I gave details. There was no threat to national security, and no one was identified. It was really a lack of attention on my part. I started answering questions. I am not as experienced as you with that sort of thing.

Public Safety committee  I disagree. I have no reason to step down. I mentioned a detail that in no way violates the law. As I have repeatedly said, I regret what I did. No, I will not be stepping down.

Public Safety committee  I don't think so, because the information we were talking about is very general in nature. Had I mentioned names, had I mentioned specific details, then I believe I would have put myself at risk of violating the act. Quite honestly, Mr. Chairman, if you look at our website, if you look at our annual reports, if you look at a variety of things that both I and other officers of the service have done over the years, this is not quite as extraordinary as everybody is making it out to be.

Public Safety committee  Absolutely not.

Public Safety committee  Absolutely not.

Public Safety committee  Those are operational details that I have not yet shared with the government. It would be inappropriate to discuss them in public.

Public Safety committee  I certainly did not, either in my interviews or my discussions with Mr. Mansbridge or Mr. Stewart. The access we provided to CSIS was quite organized and structured, because we didn't want to risk giving away any operational information. So I would have to say no, I do not believe that we did.

Public Safety committee  Yes.

Public Safety committee  I cannot answer that, Mr. Chair.

Public Safety committee  Mr. Chair, I believe I have repeated about 10 times that I regret doing what I did. I will say it again for Ms. Mourani's benefit.