fbi director is a big job. it's a hard job. in those positions, you're supposed to follow the rules, laws, justice of department practices and if you do that, you're subject to criticism but you know what? suck it up and take the heat. >> final thought. i went to bed last night thinking it was a shoddy and poorly drafted letter and said, what is he trying to communicate? i have a different impression today. mine is one of him trying to balance these responsibilities that he faces feeling an obligation to say something but yet not wanting to put his thumb on the scale and suggest that there's criminality here when he doesn't know what he's got. final word is yours. >> the problem is by sending this letter, he put his thumb on the scale. we've been reporting in ""the new yorker"" that he defied the wishes of the attorney general who wanted him to follow standard practice and not say anything. that's what he should have done. i think, in this case, he's been so worried about varnishing his