post." erin, your colleagues have gone ahead and verified this brennan matter was done without process, without cause, with rigor, that it was indeed political. what else do we need to know about what has transpired and what may transpire? >> 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 while some of them have differed with this decision that was made by the white house and don't necessarily like the idea of revoking security clearances for former intelligence officials have also been critical of john brennan. i think the white house chose this one as the icebreaker when it comes to this effort because they recognize that brennan is something of a lightening rod