it isroadly, i think worth stepping back and looking at a couple of things. today's world is highly interconnected and the flow of large amounts of data are unprecedented. there are communication methods we had not conceived got 10 years ago we are adapting to. we know innovation will continue. if we are going to keep our citizens and our ally safe, we have to stay ahead of these exchanges and that's what our intelligence community has been doing extraordinary well. these databases are part of the reason we have been able to foil numerous terrorist plots and securitya post-9/11 environment. at the same time, with new capabilities we recognize the need to be additional constraints on how we gather and use intelligence and it is in the context of this dynamic thenology environment that president has directed us to review our surveillance capabilities. we talked a little bit about this, but this is good in the context of stories we have said of late to remember that the president called for a review early in the summer. this review is being led by the white hous