>> yes. and i also recognize that this was an exceptionally, exceptionally sensitive issue. an active counterintelligence case trying to stop and uncover what the russian intelligence activities were. in the midst of a hotly debated presidential campaign. that's including information that may have involved u.s. persons' contacts with russia, whether they benign or not. there are, one of the key pieces of any counterintelligence effort is to compartment that effort so that your operators, your investigators, your collectors can continue to uncover what the russians were doing. we set up a group within cia. i spoke to jim comey, i spoke to mike rogers to make sure they were able to send over their experts so that they could share information among them. even the most sensitive information that was not disseminated within the community. i wanted to make sure that learning the lessons of 9/11, that there were not going to be any stovepipes and barriers to sharing information from the