russia angle of this. it is absolutely no surprise that there continues to emerge information or indications that the russians are continuing to penetrate our voting system as they did back in 2016. that of course immediately is politicized here in the united states due to president trump's sensitivities and insecurities with regard to russia writ large. what the classified information is out there of course i don't know, but it's not at all surprising in terms of looking at the russians have done analytically in the past that they would try to do this again. it's a hard thick to nail down and completely protect and make sure our voting system is secure in this day and age where we're using the internet and the electronics to conduct that activity. >> so homeland security is not corroborating what bill nelson has said, but do you have any i guess real logic as to why homeland security would not want to corroborate even if homeland security knew the information was there? i mean, why would they publicly