initially, he described it as wiretapping and then broadened it out to surveillance generally. so he and others in the administration are trying to point the finger to susan rice. she has said, look, may have done some unmasking which is typical for a national security adviser to essentially see the names mentioned in the intelligence report, talking to foreign nationals. but she said i did not leak here. if any crime were committed she would have had to leak that information. she said she didn't do it. the president himself making that claim that he cannot back up or he did not share that evidence with "the new york times" but by throwing a stick ball to susan rice in her role with benghazi in the last administration is already a magnet for controversy here. so, the president by adding to that, knows exactly what he's doing, as perhaps the biggest sign of deflection yet.