to dealing with adversaries. chris wray's disclosure that he had never been directed by the president to strengthen our defenses against russian meddling. former deputy dni sue gordon's resignation. she wrote that she was going to allow donald trump to appoint a member of his own team. john bolton's departure following a dispute over inviting the taliban to camp david. and of course robert mueller's two-year investigation that found 150 contacts between trump's team in russia and at least a half a dozen acts of obstruction of justice as detailed in his report. and now the whistleblower. and that is where we start today with some of our favorite reporters and friends. ell ellen nakeshima. former assistant director for counter intelligence with the fbi, frank figliuzzi. plus former deputy assistant attorney general harry litman,