directly between the candidate and russian state actors. >> that's not what i said. >> but that was my question and you answered it. you answered it. you didn't answer it that way. >> i responded to kwery. i'm not going to respond to particular elements of your question because i think it would be inappropriate to do so here. >> so the point that he was trying to get there, it sounded like he was trying to get a no on the matter of donald trump himself having any contact with russian state actors but director brennan refused to get to that level of specificity. >> you know, i think the congressman was engaging a little partisan by play there and director brennan clearly recognized it and i think -- congressman is looking at this through kind of a black and white lens. the former cia director is looking at it through the eyes of a professional intelligence officer. when you're going after a