you don't get to do a lot of things the way -- you have a whole lot of structures put in place. >> our policy changed. >> -- that probably should have been put in place before -- >> when the bush administration came into office on january 20th when they went to that pass the baton program where the nsa chief of -- under the clinton administration passed the baton to condi rice, the clinton administration said it's non-state actors that you've got to watch out for, and condi rice came in and said we have to watch out for countries like iraq. there was a policy decision as to what was going to attract their attention. now, we can debate whether or not they really screwed up or not. but you cannot make the argument that he kept us safe, i.e., he prevented a terrorist attack on his watch. he didn't. he prevented two or three maybe. >> you're now jumping -- i would bet you before donald trump had made that statement today, that was not the conclusion that you drew, at least you didn't write that conclusion when the jeb bush made that statement at the last debate.