we hear a lot about the doj s independence. the national security division, which is where you previously worked, is one area that intersects more deliberately with other parts of the government because some things relate to the cia, the pentagon and other decisions to be made. that s why rosenstein made it very clear that the president was advanced warned on this as far back as last week. walk us through how something like today s indictment overlaps with the rest of the national security apparatus of the united states? and are there ever cases you ve been in where you see, yes, oh, we found something bad, but it traces back to a major nuclear adversary, are we sure we want to deal with this in the courts to begin with? yeah, so one of the most challenging elements in an indictment like this one is the fact that a good deal of the information the government has in its possession will have been obtained from sensitive intelligence sources and methods and there is always a robust in