staff. they re trying to keep things buttoned down. this guy is leaking without even knowing it. you convinced machine began is mcgahn is worried about future impacts or protecting himself? he s among those white house aide that has hired counsel, secured his own lawyer? peter, first of all, i m fabulously jealous of ken because he didn t only get this terrific scoop but he this-h their wonderful salad and i m assuming popovers. that s serious journalism. it reveals the classic split, the classic argument of what do you turn over. you know, i think that ty cobb is right. you want to get everything out there. particularly, now that robert mueller knows about these documents being held in mcgahn s safe, it s a natural sort of instinct to want to circle the wagon to it doesn t become a ken starr type investigation where it constantly bleeds into other things away from the original focus of the inquiry.