I just loved it when Hayden gave the great example of how a terrorist plot could have been stopped by NSA activity and NSA wouldn’t even know it-- essentially, the spying is worth it because I have this hypothetical example where by its very nature it will never be known. Somebody should have sandbagged him on that one.
Dershowitz, Dershowitz, how many ways are there to despise thee? Bringing up the War Measures Act and the FLQ crisis? To support your position (because it was a “Liberal” government)? On stage in Canada? Patronizing, ignorant, offensive, and profoundly stupid, all in one.