and so, you know, that is done in order to protect the privacy of flynn in this case, but for senior intelligence officials, for the fbi agents, they can see who it is in many cases. they can identify who it is and often from the context of the conversation, you can tell who it is, for example, kislyak may describe flynn as the incoming national security adviser. and so it's pretty clear who he's talking to. >> adam entous who played such a huge role in breaking what became this big story we're covering tonight. really, as part of what is becoming a great era for, of all things, the newspaper reporting business at both the "washington post" and their rivals, "the new york times." adam, my thanks to you. we realize it's very late at night on a big day for you. with another big day awaiting tomorrow. we'll take another break in our coverage tonight. when we come back, someone who