to be an investigation and he spelled out that the standard of them starting an investigation is extremely high. they just won't go out and say okay, let's see what incidental things we have here. i think a they have a body of evidence. now let's not confuse intelligence as we have the intelligence community as an evidentiary standard but they have to have something before the fbi will stop what they're doing, task out their national counterintelligence officers who are spy hunters, by the way, not just normal fbi officers and bring them into the process. >> this is something else. what is the significance of it being a counterintelligence investigation? >> the fact that it's a counterintelligence investigation means it's probably less likely there are criminal charges. it's about understanding what foreign intelligence activity has occurred so it was notable that director comey indicated as