agencies and congress prepare to debate that balance between privacy and security, we turn to: gary schmitt, staff director of the senate intelligence committee and executive director of the president's foreign intelligence advisory board under ronald reagan... and kate martin director of the center for national security studies, a civil liberties advocacy group. how big a concession was it for the president? we'll hear the details later this week, no doubt, kate martin to decide to rein in this bulk collection program? >> it's a significant step. it's the president saying to his intelligence community, you haven't made the case that you need this authority and i'm going to limit it. so it's an important recognition. you know, he did it after who separate -- two separate outside reviews which said that this particular authority wasn't needed and hadn't actually been effective in doing anything. >> ifill: gary schmitt a significant step or going too far? >> definitely a significant step. when the president made his speech a month or so ago, he called the program important. he said that nobod