of figuring out the origins on this and not getting played or getting hoaxed. there's every reason to think it is what it appears to be. if it is what it appears to be, if this is a real senior administration official that feels the need to sound this alarm about what is wrong with the serving president, why are they making this public case now and what exactly are they trying to get us the public to do about it? you can snipe these sort of comments in gossip. you can make these sort of plans and plots among your fellow co-conspirators in the white house if you're actively working to sabotage the president's worst impulses and thwart him from the worst things he wants to do to the country. you can do that you will without signaling to the public, hey, op-ed, "new york times," you need to know this is happening. why signal to the public? what are they asking of the