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Down the size of the search area. they can only cover about 50 square miles a day. we have over 100,000 square miles of area to search. so essentially, until you find that haystack, weve been using the need until the haystack term, this is the needle finder, but they have to find the haystack first, and were not close to doing that. >> even though its been delayed, tell us where you. as i understand, this is from the hms sterling. its the largest naval base in southwest australia. it is the frem...

Miles of area to search. so essentially, until you find that haystack, weve been using the need until the haystack term, this is the needle finder, but they have to find the haystack first, and were not close to doing that. >> even though its been delayed, tell us where you. as i understand, this is from the hms sterling. its the largest naval base in southwest australia. it is the fremantle sound that youre in? >> correct, correct. so we are just -- this is garden island behind me. and fremantl...

Calls. >> if you look for needles in a hay steak, you have to get the haystack first, and thats why we have the ability under the court order to acquire. and the key word here is acquire all of that data. we dont get to use all of that data necessarily. >> to really reassure the public, the bipartisan committee heads wanted to declassify many more terror plots they helped foil but couldnt. >> if we give all those out, were giving out all the secrets were tracking down. and we cant do that. too m...

Records looked at, then maybe somebody will wake up and things will change in washington i am going to talk about legislation in a second. lets talk about the practical effect of this. defenders of program say, if you want to find the needle in the hey stack, you have to have the haystack first. here is what your fellow republican, lindsey graham, has to say on this issue. >> in rand pauls world, you have almost no defenses against terrorists. >> i would say thats an unfair characterization. i...

Records looked at, then maybe somebody will wake up and things will change in washington i am going to talk about legislation in a second. lets talk about the practical effect of this. defenders of program say, if you want to find the needle in the hey stack, you have to have the haystack first. here is what your fellow republican, lindsey graham, has to say on this issue. >> in rand pauls world, you have almost no defenses against terrorists. >> i would say thats an unfair characterization. i...

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