that, she was a small time thing. nothing to look at here. now if he's right, then she was really important and the fbi was targeting her. there's a lot of ifs here and supposition. i don't want to carry water for the fbi. i have no idea what they asked him to do. it is not unusual if you are a prominent person and you go to the fbi and say, hey, look, this shady foreigner has approached me, they'll say keep meeting with them and see what they say and tell us. does that mean sheep with them? i have no idea. >> i want to share this tweet. fritz our colleague james galliano. a former -- formerly of the fbi. he said fbi agents directed him to engage in a romantic relationship with maria butina. horse manure. suspend disbelief if able. if true, agents would be investigated by opr, doj-ig and fired for mishandling of source.