telling stories they re writing are accurate or inaccurate when they may vofl an investigation. that s not an appropriate thing for you to do. correct. especially if the story involves classified information. because you would be disclosing classified information potentially in what you re confirming or by rebutting a story that was inaccura inaccurate, you may be suggesting other stories that contain classified information are then accurate? correct. now it s inappropriate for you to be batting down inaccurate stories. would you also agree if it s inappropriate for you to be batting down inaccurate stories, would you also agree it s inappropriate for the white house to be asking the fbi to be rebutting stories they don t like? that s what i don t want to answer, mr. schiff, because i don t want to talk about communications within the executive branch. i can speak for the fbi. that s not something the fbi can or should do. and if you were appearing