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An agent in the field or a line ausa in some u.s. attorney's office. that is something that would have very high level involvement and approval from the highest levels of both the fbi and doj. >> if the case was focused on a staffer at least initially is it odd that apple was under a prolonged gag order and that congressmen schiff and swalwell only found out just recently their records had been subpoenaed? >> the purpose of a gag order in a case like this, and i can tell you from my own experience supervising, overseeing many of them in the fbi, is to ensure the target of the investigation isn...

Accounts so in some cases probably a decade. it's not clear. so what we know is that apple turned over what is now is meta data, it wasn't content but, you know, this was something done in 2018 and wasn't until this year in may that they were able to notify the account holders that their data was taken by the justice department. >> from inception. that's staggering. was apple aware of who was being investigated here and did they find it odd they weren't just subpoenaed but put under a gag order? >> they didn't know the target of the investigation or subject or what it related to. it appears th...

So in some cases, probably, a decade. it's not clear. so, what we know is that the -- that apple turned over what is now -- we now know is just metadata. it wasn't any of the content. but, you know, this was something that was done in 2018. and it wasn't, until this year in may, that they were able to notify the account holders that their data was taken by the justice department. >> from inception. that's staggering. so, was apple aware of who was being investigated here? and did they find it odd that they weren't just subpoenaed but, also, put under a gag order? >> well, they did not know. th...

We can all agree we don't want people to be leaking classified information. we know that there are national-security risks. but the notion here, that you can conflate the idea of a legitimate pursuit, with one that's pretextual, that's really the crux of the issue here. and so, benefit of doubt, of course. is it -- is it odd that a prosecutor goes and gets a subpoena? is it odd that you go and get documents? absolutely not. what's odd is the overlapping coincidences out of thin air that suggest, you know what? huh, i think we are going to target, potentially, people who are investigating this ...

Here's what was said about her methods. >> most of my constituents don't have a very high opinion of congress, under any circumstances. if you ask 'em, they'll say something to the effect of do members of congress suffer from mental illness? no, most seem to enjoy it. that's their attitude. some angry. others find this very odd. i find it odd. speaker pelosi is now telling the senate you're prevented -- or i'm prohibiting you from doing something you really don't want to do unless you do it in a way that i approve of. and it's very odd. i mean, what's the old movie line? looks like i picked th...