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Down the size of the search area. they can only cover about 50 square miles a day. we have over 100,000 square miles of area to search. so essentially, until you find that haystack, we've been using the need until the haystack term, this is the needle finder, but they have to find the haystack first, and we're not close to doing that. >> even though it's been delayed, tell us where you. as i understand, this is from the hms sterling. it's the largest naval base in southwest australia. it is the fremantle sound that you're in? >> correct, correct. so we are just -- this is garden island behind ...

Miles of area to search. so essentially, until you find that haystack, we've been using the need until the haystack term, this is the needle finder, but they have to find the haystack first, and we're not close to doing that. >> even though it's been delayed, tell us where you. as i understand, this is from the hms sterling. it's the largest naval base in southwest australia. it is the fremantle sound that you're in? >> correct, correct. so we are just -- this is garden island behind me. and fremantle behind me as well. as you mentioned, a very large naval base. we're actually just outside wha...

Calls. >> if you look for needles in a hay steak, you have to get the haystack first, and that's why we have the ability under the court order to acquire. and the key word here is acquire all of that data. we don't get to use all of that data necessarily. >> to really reassure the public, the bipartisan committee heads wanted to declassify many more terror plots they helped foil but couldn't. >> if we give all those out, we're giving out all the secrets we're tracking down. and we can't do that. too much is at risk for us and our allies. >> all they got was a new number. >> over 50 times since...

Records looked at, then maybe somebody will wake up and things will change in washington i am going to talk about legislation in a second. let's talk about the practical effect of this. defenders of program say, if you want to find the needle in the hey stack, you have to have the haystack first. here is what your fellow republican, lindsey graham, has to say on this issue. >> in rand paul's world, you have almost no defenses against terrorists. >> i would say that's an unfair characterization. i want to go after terrorists as much as anyone. for example, we are looking through so much data ...

Records looked at, then maybe somebody will wake up and things will change in washington i am going to talk about legislation in a second. let's talk about the practical effect of this. defenders of program say, if you want to find the needle in the hey stack, you have to have the haystack first. here is what your fellow republican, lindsey graham, has to say on this issue. >> in rand paul's world, you have almost no defenses against terrorists. >> i would say that's an unfair characterization. i want to go after terrorists as much as anyone. for example, we are looking through so much data ...