He wanted to get out and report the story and not be locked in and taking information from someone else who was experiencing it.

If the Pentagon has been collecting information improperly on Americans, it should provide a full accounting of what kind of information it collected, on whom and why, subject only perhaps to protecting the privacy of individuals.

It will separate legitimate online businesses from those who aren't. The company that is in business by selling personal information will soon be out of business because they'll be red-flagged tomorrow.

The better the information it has, the better democracy works. Silence and secrecy are never good for it.

On the Northern Ireland question, for instance, the British and Irish governments prohibit media contact with members of the IRA, but we have always gone ahead, believing in the right to information.

For me, having a child is a really great responsibility because you've got something there that is depending on you for information and love until a certain age when it goes to school.