nctc as an example of that. collected overseas and domestically by various agencies and it is all brought together an integrated at nctc by analysts working together. the challenge really remains that we are collecting more and more information, but how do make sense of that information's? you need to make sense of the analytical tools. some of that is technology and taking advantage of those connections. we stood up one group to really help fill in the gaps comment on numbers, e-mail addresses, to help us identify those individuals. certainly there are legal changes that have been made, the patriot act and others. some of the easier changes have been made with challenges down the road. it is a work in progress. >> my time has expired, but thank you. one of the reasons i wanted to serve on the intelligence committee and why i have an appreciation for the work that you do is that it is a great force multiplier. we know who the bad guys are and we know where to target our resources to be the most effective. thank

about developing american resiliency, i like the statement by michael lither as he was leaving the nctc, that people had to be ready for this, but my question goes to the so-called arab spring countries. you mentioned it in the context of yemen. i'm thinking broadening that to perhaps libya. we don't know how that's going to work out, egypt, the same thing. do you see, do our people who are working on this matrix and these people who are fueling terrorist activity, making money out of it, are they looking at the turbulence in the arab spring countries as a more fertile field to work in for their ends than afghanistan might be? >> right. that's an incredibly important question. thank you for asking. in the early days of the arab spring in tunisia and egypt, al-qaeda was flat footed because, in fact, they said it would take violent acts to liberate the arab world from the regimes, many of whom were allied with the united states, so when the governments fell to the efforts of bottom-up people power revolution, democratic ideals, the al-qaeda narrative seemed to be dead. what we've learned

about developing american resiliency, i like the statement on michael lighter as he was leaving the nctc that people had to be ready for this. but my question goes to the so-called arab spring countries. you mentioned them in the context of yemen are going thinking broadening that perhaps libya. we don't know how that is going to work and to each of the same thing. do our people who are working on this matrix and these people who are fueling terrorist that to the day, making money out of it, they beginning to look at the turbulence in the arab spring countries is sort of a more fertile field to work and for their and then afghanistan might be? >> that is an incredibly important question and thank you for asking. in the early days of the arab spring in tunisia and egypt, al qaeda was caught flat-footed because in that they had always said that it would take violent acts to liberate the arab world from the despotic regimes many of those who are allied of the united states united states united states so when in fact those governments fell through the efforts of people power, revolution and