essentially suspend that negotiation or not negotiate with the media outlet. it's hard to see how in this case, just looking from the outside, that would be applicable here. it's something that would be policed by the inspector general. but ultimately these are regulations that are put in place by the attorney general. they can be rescinded by the attorney general. attorney general sessions and departmenty attorney general rosenstein announced early on that they were going to look at these regulations and decide whether they ought to be withdrawn. they haven't officially withdrawn them. so they are still in place. but we know they've been skeptical of them. and we know they've talked about cracking down more on leaks in the past. we don't know exactly how they decided to make this decision to subpoena reporters or whether they suspended these -- or whether they essentially invoked this kind of loophole in the regulation to justify the subpoena. i think that's a very important question. >> matt miller, former justice department spokesperson, joining us on short notice tonight. much appreciated, matt. thank you. >> thank you. >> again, we're absorbing this