do you sense some distancing in that respect? >> i think there is -- first of all, there has been, i think, some concern for a while now. i have written about brennan in his sort of new media personality role now for some time. and, you know, my view is that it's, you know, i think that when he is interviewed, and he makes allegations and says things that, you know, the russians must have something on him. he has an obligation at this point to his viewers now that he is pundit to provide that evidence or he shouldn't make those kinds of accusations on air and should be, you know, providing that to mueller, the fbi, the justice department because those are very grave concerns. and if it's indeed true and not just speculation, not just sort of the regular kind of partisan blather, that's something that every american would have to take seriously. so it kind of begs the question. i would say this. this strategy from trump, i think, could back fire if you see more people like bill mccraven who is, you know, the special operations