many others in washington are now focused on how senator ensign features in the work of the fbi. joining us now is melanie sloan, executive director of c.r.e.w., citizens for ethics and responsibilities in washington. thank you very much for coming on the show tonight, of which you already had a starring role. >> right. let me preface my remarks to say no one paid us to go after john ensign. it was really our pleasure. it was our pleasure. >> fair enough. let me ask you before we talk ensign, my conversation with rick berman i think will be the first of more. i think i will probably be continuing this talk with him. do you think we covered important ground? do you think there was anything i let him get away with that i shouldn't have? >> no, i think you did a good job. but i would like to let you know philip morris actually was one of the main funders for mr. berman's work for the centers of consumer freedom when he was funding smoking should be a choice in restaurants. >> that is one of the ones we have documentation of because of all of the lawsuits in the tobacco industry. that's exactly right. on ensign, today i understand that your organization provided information to the fbi and to the senate ethics committee about ensign.