is the dam starting to break? it s quite possible, but erier eri erica, one thing that i ll note, now that this ambassador is a private citizen, he wouldn t have to coordinate any testimony with the state department of the white house. he could speak with congress at will. and in his role at senior adviser to the secretary, he would have seen and heard a lot. his job was to be really the mini-me for secretary of state pompeo and he likely would have seen restricted readouts of calls and meetings. if i were pompeo or the white house right now, i d be a little worried on that front. with respect to your question about the dam starting to break, i think it s very possible. i think anyone with a conscience right now, especially career diplomats, are really thinking about whether continuing on really equals complicity, and second, whether they can actually do their jobs. pompeo has failed to come to the defense of ambassador yovanovitch. his silence has been deafening on that front. but p