forthcoming, whether she would be willing to testify or not. and i respect that senator dianne feinstein was principally respecting repeated assertions by her attorney that dr. ford wanted to remain anonymous. i believe it was a leak to the media that compelled this. it was a leak to the media of the underlying that forced senator fine's hand. >> where did that leak come from? >> i have no idea. >> wow. >> who else had the letter other than dianne feinstein's office? >> i don't know that. my hunch is that there were folks on committee staff who had seen the letter and i don't know whether the chairman of the committee had been told about it or seen the letter. >> all right. thank you so much senator coons. we appreciate it. certainly worth a follow up. nina, robert bork, ginsburg, a