political reporter, elise jordan is an msnbc political analyst and former aide to the george bush white house, and jonathan alter is an msnbc political analyst and daily beast columnist. john brennan was just in responding to nicolle wallace. i know some of that blendinged into this hour, but let s go back and listen to part of it one more time. is this an effort to try to kow individuals both inside and outside of the government to make sure that they don t say anything that either is critical of mr. trump or with which he disagrees? i ve seen this type of behavior and actions on the part of foreign tyrants and decembspots autocrats many, many years during my cia and national security career. i never, ever thought i would see it here in the united states. and here is what he tweeted. this action is part of a broader