jurortive term, but the political forces in the executive branch, and that's why the director is given a tenure term, so it is guaranteed that you'll span presidential administrations to make sure that you're leading in a way that's not influenced by the political winds. >> richard painter, to you, with your hat on as a former white house ethics lawyer. is there, given comey's comments about why fbi directors have ten-year terms and why they have to be beyond politics or even the appearance thereof, do you believe that anyone with a political background can be tapped and be trusted by this president at this point in time? >> oh, i think they can. i've worked in republican politics for about 30 years. i know some of these people. they're very good people. i think they could do an excellent job as director of the fbi, but it's going to be critical that there will be an independent prosecutor for the trump/russia connection investigation. that should not be handled by the fbi director. and neither should any other of