you don't have time for offense mode. you just got to like saddle up and deal with that one thing. the focus has to be there. >> but ben, when you released that dossier, that was, as you said, a very lonely day. do you feel vindicated in a way now? >> i mean it has been -- you're right. when we published it a lot of people criticized us. you were one of the very few in your profession who thought it was a good idea at the time. it has been remarkable. nobody now is saying, wow, i wish i had spent the last year with no idea what was going on around me because we had kept secret this central element of the story. >> i'll repeat from the comey memos, "i explained to the president the analysts from all three agencies agreed the memo was relevant and that portions of the material were corroborated by other intelligence." that's from a memo he wrote february 2017. let's look into some of the other memos written by james comey, they are consistent with his claims in public testimony. his recent memoir and interviews, while offering new details about allegations in the steele dossier and the