irritated, calling the press rabid, saying to you are you on drugs. so this came in the form of an e-mail, then you took it further and it became part of your reporting and you even tweeted it out. what compelled you to do that? >> well, the interesting thing about ty cobb is he was hired by the president earlier in the summer to serve as for lack of a better word the adult in the room. he is known as a buttoned up, very professional lawyer, very good reputation in washington, d.c. so when he came on, the fact that he was so professional and that he, you know, really wasn't going to let his mouth run as mark kasowitz did in an e-mail that got him in trouble earlier in the summer, that was supposed to differentiate him from the rest. the fact he sent an e-mail asking me if i'm on drugs, being overall just testy about the entire thing surprised me, i thought it would surprise others that people are reacting this way to journalists' basic