without cause, with rigor, that it was indeed political. >> it's setup actually an interesting contrast, i think, between the intelligence chiefs that you talked about who wrote that letter from bill mcraven who wrote that op-ed for "the washington post," and some republicans in the senate who have differed from this decision in the white house and don't necessarily like the idea of revoking security clearances for former intelligence officials have also been critical of john brennen. i think the white house chose this one as the icebreaker when it comes to this effort because they recognize that brennen is something of a lightening rod even among people who might be critical of this decision. so you've seen a number of senators, john kennedy from louisiana, susan collins who differed with the decision actually said she's not happy