half to that strategy. they were worried about the optics of the hearing but now they have somebody else carrying that water for them. >> they have to be able -- the fbi it seems to me, matt miller, i understand the limiting of the scope as far as the witnesses that you're going to talk to, these are the two incidents that were brought in before our committee, these are the two incidents that we want you to investigate, these are the key players we want you to investigate. i understand in a one week investigation that makes sense. what makes no sense, though, and what collins, flake and murkowski must insist on, it seems to me, is if you get something, if you get a lead you have to follow it. if they are not allowed to follow leads then it's a scam investigation, right? >> that is exactly right. look, it is not unusual for information to come to the fbi or committee or the white house after a background investigation has been completed and what usually happens is the client agency which in this case is the white house will go back to the