authority, it's unilateral, absolute authority. the attorney general can do whatever he wants selectively. there are two big problems. the first is it runs roughshod over the intelligence agencies and changes the normal dynamic. and of course, that also sends a perhaps chilling signal to anyone who would be sharing information with us in the future. and the second concern is it really does seem based on the track record to date that it's at the service of a political narrative and agenda of the president and not overall national security information. so we might have a dribbling out of information that somehow supports this witch hunt narrative which i think is bogus. setting that aside, it's not meant to give a full account. both things i think are matters of really significant concern. >> you have the president in the white house on one hand stonewalling on everything from documents to testimony that