jim comey that could itself been an action that the counterintelligence folks at the fbi would have said, no, no, we don t do that. exactly. so there may be a great deal more narrative coherence to the way the investigators have thought about what they re investigating than the kind of choppy bits and pieces that we were focused on. sure. okay. barbara mcquade, ben mentioned william barr, and we have gotten some prepared remarks from him that get at this very question because we know those hearings coming up tomorrow and wednesday are likely to focus on this memo and questions around whether or not he would protect the mueller investigation and he writes, quote, i believe it s vitally important that the special counsel be allowed to complete his investigation among other things in this testimony. do you think that that s going to be enough to reassure democrats and do you think from a legal perspective that he is on solid ground to not recuse