If we had waited for the government to get us out of there, we would have died. It took the citizens there to get us help.

What they do is a little part of all of us.

It was well known by everyone, including the US government, that the system as constructed invited kickbacks,

It would be difficult for us to argue against the government without a reasonable disclosure of the documents. We can't prove our case without access to the government's rationale.

Clearly this new Iraqi government must perform on behalf of the Iraqi people. But the new government also gives us a chance to correct our mistakes and do our part to make Iraq work.

All of this information that's being collected about us, ... increasingly, the government, of course, is seeking access to that information. And the rules just aren't there.