joining us now from washington is peter fenn, democratic political strategist, and apparently a blueberryker. peter welcome back into "the war room." >> thank you very much. nsa was watching me as i picked blueberries. >> michael: i'm sure they know. i'm sure they waiting for their bushel. you were part of the church commission into the use of surveillance, so you know a thing or two about this. is the amash amendment necessary? >> well, i think there is a necessity right now to take a really good hard look at this. i'm not on first glance very happy with -- with this program. i'm very concerned about it, very nervous about it whether this amendment is the right way to go right now, i'm not quite sure, but i do think it puts pressure on the intelligence community and the administration to do something that i have been calling for a while, and that is to create a presidential commission much like the simpson bowles commission to look at this within a year 18 months have subpoena power. it's really important to -- to have this so-called public debate that the president wants to have, and to