you're a member of the house select committee on intelligence when i was a capitol hill reporter, i would ask you about things the intel committee had seen and you would say you couldn't talk about it, which is very true. but the white house has been so willing to almost in real time, release intelligence. make clear what they're seeing to a degree we've never seen before. it's strategic, calibrated. what do you make of that decision over the past couple of weeks? >> you're right. it is unprecedented. it's a game changer for us on the committee. first of all, the president is right. intel has been outstanding since we started learning about this several months ago and i think warning the world and things like a false flag has real value. makes it much more difficult for putin to act in the manner in which i'm pretty sure he'd like to do. the issues of provocation as well. so i think it helps education the american people and our nato