match surveillance that they actually didn t have to bother telling the president on a sort of project-by-project basis. and i do think there s a change in the last 48 to 72 hours within the administration, that there s a sense that maybe the nsa has gone too far and maybe there does need to be some rethinking of it. so and i appreciate that point, that it doesn t necessarily mean sort of bad presidential behavior, but a set of institutional practices that have emerged, particularly post-patriot act. thanks to all of you for being here and being thoughtful with me. i get trolled for privacy all the time. so it s useful to me to have an engaging conversation as i try to think through these questions. thank you to barton gellman and kiner skinner and noah shackman. when we come back, we are going to talk about the very unusual decision made in newtown, connecticut, and what is happening there, right now.