general. but second, i know what you have reported, and it's shocking, because essentially you have the president whose principle responsibility in relationship to foreign leaders is to protect the national security of the united states, injecting his own personal campaign into those discussions. and that is yet another example of trying to bring foreign interference into a decision that should be made solely by american citizens. >> you heard yesterday, as you point out from the intelligence community's inspector general, but he's been barred from sharing any details from the whistleblower complaint. barred by his boss, the director of the -- the acting director of national intelligence, who's relying on a justice department memorandum. if the complaint is actually what "the wall street journal" is now reporting, does the administration's rationale for withholding the complaint from your committee, the intelligence committee, hold up? >> no, it doesn't, at all. i mean, this law is very, very clear. if a whistleblower comes