protect? >> well, if it's a -- the threat outlined in the friendly foreign government information, you would be looking to protect the election process. >> right. >> which would include. >> the candidate. >> the campaign, the candidate and the american people. >> okay. so did they ever brief hillary clinton about efforts to foreign influences involving her campaign, do you know? >> i've heard that but i don't know for a fact. >> they did. good for them. and they stopped it. was there ever a defensive briefing given by the fbi, department of justice to donald trump about the concerns? >> there was not. >> what would you call a counterintelligence investigation that never had a protective element? >> i'm not sure, sorry, mr. claire man. >> if without eventually trying to protect the entity being