interests. i think it s terrible for not just the brennans and clappers of the world, but the rank-and-file who have to think their service is unrelated to their views. i think it does, in fact, weaken us, make things more dangerous for us in a dangerous world. so for policy reasons it s a terrible idea. i want to point out something that i hadn t considered until today, until this was pointed out to me by aaron blake on the washington post at the washingt washington post. and he says it was from elie honig, who was on our air last friday. she argues that donald trump, if he decides to revoke the clearance of somebody like james comey, it s not necessarily just within his purview to do so, that he could actually run afoul of the law. listen to what elie said last week. what i don t know that everybody understand is it s a federal crime to retaliate