the whistleblower this is an abuse of the system and was not the first time under this administration that a presidential transcript was placed into this code word level system solely for the purpose of protecting politically sensitive rather than national security sensitive information. i spoke about that earlier this evening with the former director of national intelligence james clapper who was concerned. >> our first guest can speak to it as well as the reporting that you just heard. cnn legal analyst jim baker and cnn national security analyst. let me start with you. reporting that the d.o.j. knew about the whistleblower a week before they got the referral and that according to the "new york times," the white house knew, as well. is that improper? what's your read on this? >> it's concerning to me. when i heard that, i was not