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country to determine whether this was a couple of guys in boston or a national plot. so i think it's important that people understand we're not talking about the content of phone calls. my concern, and i support the concept of moving the data out of the government. i think that's a good idea from a privacy point of view. my concern is if you move it out of the government and leave it with the phone companies and the phone companies say we will hold that data for a week or month or six months, then the program loses its functionality altogether, and you repealed it without really saying so. and that's been the issue that i've been trying to raise throughout this process, is there should be some reasonable requirement for holding the data if indeed you think the program has some value, and i do. >> i hear you on the point it's not the content of phone conversations. i'm aware of that. i think many of our viewers are aware of that. but at the end of the day it's still about who americans are in touch with which many would consider private information,