with kim jong un in north korea. these are crises that are unfolding as we speak and they will unfold more to test the president-elect and pompeo. so he's got to leave partisan politics behind and focus on the non-partisan business of running operations and being a voice of clarity on non-partisan analytic focus in the oval office and in the situation room. >> well, and jonathan, to that point, if you want to be old-fashioned, and things are changing, but if you want to be old-fashioned, the position of cia director is one of intelligence and verified information, not one of policy-making. >> right. he is supposed to be a neutral broker within the vast intelligence community, and to filter out a lot of chaff and give the president the wheat, what he really needs to know