suspect and but he also recognized that this presumably has two eyes and two ears and presumably knew this was a big deal and it flew through congress, both houses. it takes an act of god for many more acts to do that. and this is time the white house should have been spiking the football. and instead the guidance that came not from the state department but from the white house was essentially keep this low-key, there's nothing to see here. and i think, chris, we have to think about this in broad strokes as part of that cover-up. this is not just press guidance, a routine matter. this is the white house directing the state department to keep an even keel here because they know this was anything but normal and they want to keep this under wraps. >> it's not just the mid-level state department. the picture that's emerged from your reporting among others is almost everyone, capitol hill