mr. wainstein keeps talking about the efficacy of oversight here. we have a situation during the -- this administration where two members of the oversight commit yeast have repeatedly raised questions about what was happening. they have been repeatedly blocked from bringing those questions to the public. >> now here we are as a result of an unauthorized leak. >> okay. ken, you get the last word. >> thank you very much. judge. i'd like to address the idea there should be some other party that would take the side of the person who is to be surveilled in a particular fisa application. a couple points to keep in mind. one is something that steve mentioned a few moments ago. keep in mind the notion of a judge receiving and assessing an application for a search is not new. as steve said, this is exactly what we do on the criminal side. when i go to judges, like i did with judge robertson, to get a search warrant as a prosecutor, or to get a title 3 wire tap, warrant against somebody, that was done ex parte. it was -- the prosecutor, maybe the agent, and n