now, they might not get it. they can get it. there is a second problem here i have been worried about since before september 11th, which is the data glut. the overwhelming amount of data that we now collect. sometimes makes it harder for us. >> to get through it. >> to get through it. because we don't necessarily have principles of relevancy or another controversial topic and because there is a certain political reluctance to profile. what profiling does for sui cut through the general amount of information with the most specific information you are looking for. >> i haven't heard profiling come up. what i have heard is patterning. >> they don't want to say the word profiling. profileing is considered to be a bat word. >> sure, patterning is not a bad word. let me give it to you straight, mayor, if you had the opportunity to use this trove of information prior to 9-11. >> in a second. >> could it have happened 9-11 had we had these freedoms?