as a former cia officer and fbi officer, how significant is it that mueller has impanelled a grand jury in washington? i think significant, not only because of the fact of the impanelling, but also because who mueller was. i spent four and a half years as his intelligence advisor, two words, speed and seriousness. people are worried about mission creep here, is this going to extent to blue dress, the old ken star investigation with president clinton? speed and seriousness. he s talking about potential subpoenas. that s pretty quick. in terms of seriousness, i don t think he s there to look for violations that are if you will 57 and 55 zone. if there is something serious that s well over the bar, in terms of inappropriate cooperation with russians, in terms of obstruction of justice, i don t think he s bringing these people together on the grand jury because he sees minor issues that he thinks are bumps in the road. this is an indication he s moving quickly, and he sees stuff that he