a potential you know program run amuck, when you actually look at the details, then i think we have struck the right balance. particularly difficult for the president to make that case now though because of other alleged abuses of power from the irs to the james rosen case. this is not happening in a vacuum. it s happening after a series of other charges that the government is overreaching right now, shep. shepard: there are republican criticisms, crack criticisms and most of those doing the criticizing don t seem to be buying these explanations. that s right. now, there are some lawmakers on the hill some republicans like lindsey l the details here terror concerns outweigh it but other republicans like james sensenbrenner architect of the patriot act sure. wants to go every a the terrorists the scope of this is so wide that it s just rife with potential abuse. take a listen.