imperialist state. they would pass things around in note form. it would take on a life and mythology on its own. so it is a dig with russia but it s really evoke active phrase. the way things are passed around among the aides at the white house, there is an open whisper campaign. you never know what s on the record and off the record because everyone is whispering. the truth is being told but under the subrosa. he could have said a lot of things. but using that term, a.b., seems like an intentional thing by wolff. do you have problems with the reporting technique? again, i m not sticking up for michael wolff s reporting because there are too many people that are credible critics of it to ignore. it doesn t mean, as i said before, that all of this is not true. it affirms and confirms what we have already heard both from senators i have spoken to him