Considering the national security significance of said hearing, I believe it is my obligation to be personally present together with the other invited officers when the matters listed in your invitation are deliberated [on],

All of us (military personnel) are Filipinos, so it is an obligation of us to monitor it (political and economic situation),

The academy has been dealing with the issue of scientific openness versus national security since 9/11,

The Bush campaign was all about national security. [Campaign members] implied ... that a vote for Kerry would put you in danger.

We regularly hold terrorists and spies accountable in court while safeguarding both national security and due process. We are confident in the system of justice to try these cases under the procedures adopted by Congress and regularly upheld by the courts.

This, post 9/11, is a situation that we can't explain or can't afford from a national security standpoint,