he said that was, quote, close to a spy. then he said, you know what we used to do in the old days, quote, unquote, when we were smart about spies and treason, unquote. we would have handled things a little differently. or, well, we used to handle it differently. some people in the audience laughed, some people seemed to be stunned. but this all took place as the odni mcguire was testifying on the hill defending the whistleblower and saying this person followed the law. >> that's right, the acting dni said that the whistleblower was operating in good faith and also was asked about making sure the whistleblower would not be retaliated against. we have to point out this is a whistleblower has gone through, maggie, the formal channels, on the official channels for reporting this information, and part of that allows them to be pre protected by law. also, maggie, i want to know what you think, because according to the whistleblower