ellis who works on nfc matters. ellis used to work for the house intelligence committee. and wattnick survived an attempt by hr mcmaster to remove him from his position. the tick-tock is still murky. the unmasking was discovered on the executive branch computer system. that information made its way to the white house counsel office and chairman nunes came to the complex to review it. still holes in the time line. what's not clear is if wattnick crossed the information on his own or asked by chairman influence to -- nunes to look into it. it's also unclear what happened to the information after it landed in the white house