that's easily clarified. >> why didn't he clarify? >> i don't know. i was the chairman of the intelligence committee, i met with russian ambassador. >> you met with two they believe is a top russian spy. why did you meet? >> in afghanistan there was a drug flow problem in the north. we believed the russians could be helpful in helping us stem the tide of drugs going back and forth. you try to find things to work on. i met actually two times with the russian ambassador as a course of my work on the intelligence committee. it's not unusual that you might have these meetings as a federal public official. i wouldn't run away from the fact that they have meetings at all. >> that's the problem. while ha is a very interesting story and insight into what you've done with your life, the question is, if you were asked about it in this context and you didn't answer the way you just did now, that raises the