special council that investigated this noted that senator ensign had an extreme amount of power over these two people. they both worked for ensign. doug hampton worked for senator ensign's senate office. cindy hampton worked for the campaign. so senator ensign was really responsible for their entire livelihood. the two couples vacationed together when the hamptons' house was broken into and cindy hampton felt unsafe. john ensign said please come move in with us. that's about when the affair began. and so, you know, this was -- destroyed a lot of personal lives. but when you look deeper into it, senator ensign also dragged down a lot of people important to the power and political structure in the state of nevada. he dragged in his very well respected chief of staff not only covering up the affair, but covering up these illegal actions of possibly circumventing the-one year cooling off period for hampton to become an analyst. and also circumstance up venting rules that the payment senator ensign's parents made to the