and isis will take advantage of that, make no mistake about it. >> some of your successors were in the chamber yesterday, and there were pictures of the head of intelligence applauding at various times, policies on the wall and such. is that appropriate? do you think they should be applauding, or should they be more like the supreme court and general dunford and others who were very careful not to show particular support one way or the other? >> i always felt, andrea, as director of the cia, that you really ought to be restrained in terms of the applause lines that the president is presenting in those speeches, mainly because you have to be objective. you have to be somebody who really is trying to present the truth and not doing it on any kind of partisan basis. sometimes -- i understand that situation in the state of the