[development] tying user and content_profile together in a view or module

I'm using content_profile, and need to have an admin user report that lists user info including the profile fields. It seems that content_profile exposes itself in some templates, but not as a global (such as $user) or to views. If I create a user view, I can't get to the content_profile node I think, and vice-versa. Any thoughts would be appreciated!