Stronger case, it will stay there? well, absolutely, john. all options are still on the table as peter just pointed out. this has been a colossal effort on behalf of the nypd, jttf, federal and local law enforcement agencies. they specifically noted the kings county district attorney s office is involved as well. so they are absolutely could be a superseding indictment, if there are more co-conspirators, more charges for mr. james himself and certainly state charges are on the table. so all options remain there, john. peter, what s your take on that part of it? is it more federal charges as they gather more evidence? they just make a superseding indictment or does the state need come in here as well? absolutely. and it s a combination of both, in my experience. so when we re looking at title 18.1932, it s basically an act of terrorism on a mass transportation device. the federal government has a heavier hammer with regard to sentencing and the penalties
Mass transportation device. and what could have happened. again, the number they are talking about now is 50 possibly prevented by this program. again, it s interesting to listen to the details of the testimony, jon, because what it is, this provides leads for investigators. they have to go back to court to get search warrants to investigate, to listen in on conversations, and so forth. this is simply the leads that are provided by this metadata gathering, that is gathering information about phone calls made from outside the country into this country and vice versa. they specifically said that phone calls within the countot s way, at least by the nsa, although i noticed they didn t mention the fbi, who knows what goes on there. but it s a program specifically to look at potential terrorist connections, sleeper cells and so forth within this country. they ve also gone down the road of showing the american public