the way that it accurately reads. such is life. >> to offer some more context, i want to bring you in, john, on this. to offer more context, this is what president trump told "the wall street journal" after stripping brennan of his security clearance. he said to wall street journal, i call it a rigged witch hunt. i think it's something that had to be done. the white house maintained that it has to do with national security reasons, offering no proof about it. the pushback now from many heavyweights in the intelligence community, from mcraven to michael moral, to robert gates joining the letter, can you offer perspective of what this