i think it's aç sign of maturi, six years ago why might not have been interesting this debate.ere folks on the left and now even folks on the right are wore ied about it. but i think it's important for everybody to understand and i think the american people understand, that there are some tradeoffs involved. i came in with a healthy skepticism about these programs. my teen evaluated them. we scrubbed them thoroughly, we expanded some of the oversight, increased some of the sabreguards. but my assessments and my team's assessment was that they help us prevent attack the. and the modest encroachments on privacy that are involved in getting phone numbers or duration without a name attached ant not looking at content, that on you know,ç net, it was wort us doing it. some other folks may have a different assessment of that. but i think it's important to recognize that you can't have 100% security, and also then have 100% privacy and then zero ic inconvenience. we're going to have to make some choices. as a society. and i can say that in evaluating these programs, they make a differ