Public Safety committee  I think it's because there are humans in all of those organizations that have been mentioned, and as noted, they occasionally screw up. Whether they do it with malice or they do it by accident, it doesn't matter. If they violate the law, there needs to be some process in place th

Public Safety committee  It would be a danger, not necessarily a failure, because I think these things evolve.

Public Safety committee  A danger to the civil liberties piece. You need some sort of oversight.

Public Safety committee  You need some sort of oversight, yes, sir.

Public Safety committee  I think it's quite obvious that the writers of the bill understood this was going to be a thorny issue. They're not foolish. You recognize in a democracy that we have these kinds of healthy debates, and we need to. We should always be ready to protect our constitutional liberties

Public Safety committee  I would respectfully disagree with my colleague. I think it's everything about terrorism. As someone in the executive branch in our Department of Defense and as a soldier, an army Green Beret, who fought terrorism at the operational level, tactical level, and the strategic level,

Public Safety committee  Again, as I mentioned, this is a very small slice of the Islamic world, a tiny one, thank goodness, but they believe with all their heart that in the declaration of the caliphate they're going to take over the world. In America before 9/11, we didn't believe al Qaeda when they s

Public Safety committee  We learned very quickly that the lack of information sharing provides fundamental insecurity. We're not talking about gathering new information. As my colleague mentioned, it's information already resident, collected legally by different parts of the Canadian government. The inab

Public Safety committee  Mr. Chairman and members, thank you for inviting us to address the committee. I am Dr. Steven Bucci, the director of the Allison Center for Foreign and National Security Policy at the Heritage Foundation. This is David Inserra, my lead analyst for homeland security issues. The He