young, interrogator in counterterrorism, counterintelligence. very, very solid professional. so i think there are three things that just don t feel right about this. one is the eupl proportionality of the fine, if you will. losing a pension like that is a multimillion dollar fine for someone in his position. secondly, it feels hypocritical. this is an administration that plays it looks with the facts from time to time. so lack of candor, really? and the politicization piece. it feels like the long arm of the white house reaching out at this man. i think this is a problematic firing. it will be viewed that way in the intelligence community and in the fbi. i should think. and does this rattle nerves as well? it does, particularly because of, if you will, alex, the knock-on effect on the mueller investigation. it really has a feel of you start firing people in that