know, this is not supposed to be something that allows you to have cover of darkness. but, you know, former president trump would not be the first president who has tried to use a rather expansive view of executive privilege, depending on what was happening. i don t think we ve ever seen it quite this expansive. certainly, we ve never seen it try to be extended to somebody who is not serving in government, which is what he is trying with steve bannon. isn t serving in government, with conversations he had with other people who weren t serving in government. that is an extraordinary claim right there. right. it is an extraordinary claim but, again, it is tested in the courts. we don t know where it ll come out. i think it is important. again, they may get ruled against, and there are a lot of lawyers who think that is the way it ll go, but who knows with the court. the biden administration is appointing the republican secretary of state of washington to an important cybersecurit