phone number or group of phone numbers to see if it appears there is a group connection. so you're right. the idea is they would have everybody's phone calls in the first place so they could go back and look. >> are you surprised? >> it raises questions if the government should have blanket coverage without suspicion about a particular number. >> are you surprised by the scope of this? >> yes. i'm surprised. even at the computer capacity to store that much material. we are talking about a lot of phone calls that occur every single day within the united states and of course overseas. >> tom fuentes, former fbi assistant director. >> it's remarkable to think of the software they have to look for patterns to try to figure out -- >> we should be clear. they are not getting the content of the conversations. it's just who is making the