scenes it has to be ugly, jim. has to be ugly. >> david, you wanted to weigh in? >> i was going to say, sounds like from what phil and susan are saying, the problem is that she's too independent, too qualified, knows what she's doing to fit into the scheme the president wants at the head of the intelligence community. >> and point out the importance of a nonpartisan apolitical actor in this role. that role is about coordinating those intelligence agencies, making sure information pushed up to the white house so the president can make decisions, life and death decisions. >> the structure put in place after 9/11. >> exactly, post 9/11 to correct what led to the catastrophic intelligence failure with 9/11. you want someone there that's experienced, has national security experience, is going to tell the president the truth, make sure he has accurate information so he can decide what to do with it. the real fear is not just that the president will put a political actor in that role, he might put someone not willing to tell him the difficult, inconvenient truths that there are going to be serious