national security apparatus in this country and they can run right through those gaps and try to further sow discord and division among u.s. that really scares me. >> then why doesn't he replace them? and do you think he risks losing some of them if he keeps this up? >> i hope no. i can't answer for why he wouldn't fire them. my sense is this guy's not really good at firing people, although he likes to pretend that he is. i'm sure the people around him are convincing him that these intelligence agencies are doing their due diligence, that they work in an apolitical manner and that they're providing a serious product that he ought to pay attention to. at least that's what i hope folks like john bolton are telling the president. as for them, they are professionals. yes, some are political appointees. but all of them are sober, serious individuals with decades of experience in the intelligence community. they take their work very