diplomacy and there is there's some kind of thing that might be nefarious. i thought the interesting point in the reuter's story, about is there a quid pro quo between relaxing sanctions and making deals with banks. that's an inappropriate conversation. >> hugh, back to you. >> i wanted to point out there was precedent for back channel. and three administrations in a row attempted russian resets. the ironry of course is that the war room is being set up in part by jamie gorelick. james st. claire, richard nixon's special counsel came from the same firm. then the perspective, it's been 20 years since mel gibson's conspiracy theory came out with his apartment full of maps and red lines and newspaper clippings. i'm beginning to think there are some offices in mainstream media that have those kinds of charts. there are lots of dots that people are connecting rapidly.