the government would access that information in storage. he didn't say he was going to get rid of it. >> it lot be stored by a third party. that's what they said. >> eventually. >> and nongovernment third parties. >> eventually. >> in a matter of months this decision is going to be made. but my question is about the metadata, because through that you can look at trends. you can look at number of phone calls coming in, do an analysis as newt mentioned series of phone calls going to one number in the united states from a suspected terrorist. that is what comes out of 9/11. that's where this program was initiated. are you still favor of this metadata analysis? >> yes, but there has to be a threshold. there has to be some causation, a starting point. you used that expression you need to connect the dots. i don't know how you go in without the starting point and you do have the fisa court that hs the capability, honorable men and women, jurists all, you show them that this is the reason we