circumstance. it was president bill clinton at the time. the fbi director who was fired was william sessions. there were in effect abuse of office concerns that had been documented against him by the department of justice. things like using a department of justice aircraft to fly to see his family. things like using department resources to build a fence around his house that didn't seem to have any security purpose. and maybe was just because he wanted a fence at this house. those kind of concerns that led to sessions leaving. william sessions being fired by president clinton in the '90s. that's the only precedent we've got for an fbi director being fired. we're left as we watch these remarkable scenes and we wonder what's going to happen next here with james comey. we're left to find other context, other analogies that make this make sense. in 1972, there was a tape made