people feel are being diminished now. >> first point, it is distracting when you're being attacked publicly and personally. lisa is right. the professional in this community develop the capacity to compartmentalize, they have to do that with the work they do and they have to be able to focus intently on sensitive and critical intelligence every day and leave that at work when the rare instances are able to go home and enjoy time with their families. it is that same sort of compartmentalization that allows them to stay focused on the objective and not get caught up in the politics and thank god for that. they do a terrific job. as for our work with partners, you know, i have bad news for anybody who thinks otherwise, we cannot do this work alone. the safety and security of the u.s. citizens depends on our government, our intelligence community, the white house's ability to maintain effective partnerships around the globe. if we learned anything from yesterday's successful mission,