said that you're not supposed to retaliate against the whistle-blower. and that in terms of employment practices and the spirit said the reason you want to protect is because you want to encourage people to come forward with any grievances and any information about abuses of power and the like. so technically revealing the fame and leaking it would -- i don't think it would technically be illegal but it violates the spirlt -- the spirit of the law that a senator has writ tone say here is the law -- has written to say here is the law as it stands and they already have exemptions in case and they could have recourse and those in the intelligence community don't have the same avenue so he's undermining his own legislation and he didn't write it but it is his government. >> and i saw dismay at what rand paul said and for the record he was very strong when it came to