>> well let the record speak for itself, the last 12 1/2 years new yorkers have set up -- they have 1,000 police officers dedicated to fighting terrorism. other cities have two, three, four five cops assigned to it. new york city has 1,000. we are the number one target in the country, if not the world. if anyone said on september 12th 2001 that we wouldn't be successfully attacked again, i don't think anyone would believe it. if you look at the whole speck tl spectrum of programs, they've worked. you have to look at the entire network of programs that have been set up. and they do work. and i believe they have tremendous respect for constitutional rights. >> congressman, to the point that you raised earlier, i mean, the unit is being disbanded in terms of what it's been doing since september 11. and we should all understand the fear and paranoia that was