counterterrorism with them, making sure their intelligence agencies are up to snuff to be able to weed out these groups and when that fails, we need to look at what other measures can be used to really apply the pressures to them. you have a somewhat unique perspective because you are the only member serving on the homeland security committee that is from new york city. that s right. so do you approach things differently than your colleagues? i don t know that i approach it differently but i certainly feel like i have an ownership stake. you do. making sure nothing occurs in new york city. i am constantly fighting to make sure people remember new york city is the number one terrorist target because oftentimes everyone wants to sort of pile in and, you know, we want to keep our nation safe but in r l reality we have to look at who has the highest risk and apply the appropriate tools and resources accordingly. new york city is number one. it is and michael sheehan,