to ground truth to the extent that that can be learned it's the bureau. now, having said that no matter how this turns out it's going to be bad. if in the end the judge is confirmed, as justice on the supreme court, there are going to be a lot of people unhappy about that, and if he isn't there's going to be a lot of people unhappy about it as well and the fbi unfortunately will be caught in the middle, but they know how to handle that, i believe. >> all right. i want to dive into a couple things you said there. the written directive from the president to the fbi, is that customary? because we are trying to figure out exactly what the parameters are for their -- the scope of their investigation. dianne feinstein has asked to understand exactly what the parameters are. is it customary that they would be given some sort of piece of paper that tells them what the guidelines are? >> well, it isn't, you know, the typical thing where a directive is issued for every background