Indeed. If there were 50 attacks like 9/11 that were only stopped because of this, I would have to sit back and think real hard about my stance about the fight against terrorism. On the other hand, if it was 50 attacks like the idiots who were going to destroy the Brooklyn Bridge by cutting the support cables with a blowtorch, then the program is obviously not even remotely worthwhile.

Of course, the lack of details gives us some details already. If it really was 50 9/11-scale attacks, they would have said so. That they have not said so tells us that these attacks were not important anyway.