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>> neil: let's move a couple other directions. one is that regardless of what you say and the substance that is still in this, a lot of people say the atmosphere has changed post-boston, post the threat from canada. the environment has changed and whatever good this bill has, it's going to take a back seat right now. what do you say? >> well, look, whenever there's a crime, you saw this on the shootings, the murders in connecticut. people wanted gun control before the shootings, tried to exploit that tragedy. the people who are against high-skilled workers coming into this country, all the ant...

>> neil: got so big post-boston. but this was a common request, but that it got very big, using that as the motive. you don't buy that, your group doesn't buy that? >> well, i think the broader point, whether or not that is true, that the government has plenty of tools at its disposal. if for example they had the numbers of the two brothers who were accused of the boston bombings, they can search their records for their numbers, search the records of telephone companies to see whether they're connected with other potential terrorist plots but what they don't need to accomplish that end is acce...