whistle-blower. maybe we could have asked chairman schiff why he felt it appropriate to go engage in some weird theatrical performance of a transcript that never existed. it was just a stafake thing thae did in the intelligence committee. maybe we could have asked him why he wasn't fully forthcoming about his office's contact with the whistle-blower when he was asked about it on national television we could have asked chairman schiff his reasons for omitting exculpatory evidence in the report and most certainly we would have wanted to ask chairman schiff whether it was his decision or someone else's decision to publish condolence and communications between the president's personal lawyer and others, journalists, and even a member of congress. we could have a learned a lot probably from a whistle-blower. we could have learned about who the multiple sources were that we spoke to and whether or not the information was accurate, whether or not it was reliable and verifiable. we could have asked the