meddling. >> it's incomprehensible that general election that a national security advisor would tell a team of people dealing with russian attack, aggressive attacks, rethey were relengthlessly hitting us from every possible direction, and this team of government officials were trying to figure out a, how to stop it. then how to counter it then possibly how to punish the russians to make sure they would stop it for good. national security advisor of president obama tells them to stand down, back off? and essentially in the end they did practically nothing. >> they knew the russians were targeting multiple states, specifically swing states. i will say to be fair, ed, which i do every once in a while. ed: i like hearing that. pete: probably thought if they went too hard in one direction it would perceived a political motive. ed: that they were helping hillary clinton. pete: they could be helping hillary clinton. ed: there is something to be said for the obama administration trying to figure out how do we do this? also, this book is saying that susan rice felt like if