we have in the intelligence committee. covert action programs. a sensitive reconnaissance program. exotic collection programs we have. there were times during my time in the white house where a conversation might be stored in this data base, but it would have been between the president and another leader on a covert action that country would be helping us with. the only time it was of an diplomatic nature was the phone conversations that took place very early in the process that led to the iran nuclear agreement when those talks had to be very highly protected. it's an affront to the care and standards by which the u.s. intelligence community operates in protecting that material to use that database in a way to try to avoid embarrassment or to protect, perhaps, even ill lael activity.