talking to one today after a conversation i had about this, he said here is the problem. we can't take any chances, and take an undercover agent who has testified before congress and then put them back where they were before in another country. they almost have to retire. they agreed with that assumption. what happens with the republicans and in fact many democrats is when you use the sources and methods, oh, if he told you this, you would know too much -- >> right. >> they think that runs old on the republican side. >> we just got bob in, bob, you were an undercover officer with the cia for many, many years. can you testify and still be an undercover officer, still not have your cover blown? >> oh, absolutely. i was called up multiple times to the hill both before the house and senate. i went to a room called a skiff where you can't bucket. the transcripts were kept by one person. yes, operatives can do it and they should do it in this case,