circle the wagons on this. >> it's not clear that any of those statements almost sound word for word the same, the fact that they don't specifically say hi didn't reveal classified information, that's not just an oversight that the white house put out a statement that didn't directly address that. >> this is the sort of denial speak that you get from administrations when there are very serious questions being raised and obviously up on capitol hill, they're raising some very serious questions tonight and republicans are tearing their hair out wishing they could just get through a day in this town without the white house doing serious damage to itself. >> how does this tie into the reporting that you've done on the airline lap top story. >> reporter: when we were reporting that story, we worked with intelligence agencies for a couple of days, specifically to remove any references that the