officials pursuing this where themselves in a position to financially benefit from any knock-on effects on this change in american policy, but then the transfer of the technology itself is also something that's highly regulated, not just by american sort of tradition or reasonable restraint, but also by law. >> absolutely. there's something called the atomic energy act of 1954, and specifically section 123 of that act, which specifically requires congressional approval for the export of sensitive nuclear technology to other countries. this was clearly an end-run around congress. not to mention, as you previously said, an end-run around conflicts of interest rules. also michael flynn committed a felony in omitting his contacts with saudi arabia prior to coming to the administration on his sf-86 form. that's the form that's required for security clearance and so forth. >> in terms of that last point