conduct and as we surveyed that, as the attorneys looked at it saw a number of very fatal areas where elements of the crime were lacking. our ability to demonstrate facts to prove those elements of a crime. so i think we had begun to arrive at a sense that it was going to be difficult, if not impossible identify any statute where we could satisfy those elements of the crime. my assumption certainly is from the department of justice's perspective those attorneys were briefing their supervisors who were briefing their supervisor, ultimately briefing the attorney general and the attorney general and that she would have that same sense that it was a difficult if not impossible proposition to conclude that there were viable charges to be brought against secretary clinton. >> mr. strzok, did you ever believe these texts would become public? >> i did not. >> given that, you felt free to express your true feelings, didn't you?