reporters.
>> peter welch, the congressmen
from virginia.
thank you very much.
one of the principal
investigators
>> i'm going to turn to you.
about the sanctity of a
whistleblower, that congress
would review it, it would be
taken seriously, and your
identity would be kept secure.
>> it's remarkable this is
happening, essentially since
edward snowden has a back out
this week.
we have one here, and it's not
working.
it's not set up in such a way.
most of these things are not set
up to say, what if the president
does it?
this is probably the problem
that joseph maguire has right
now.
they go and look at the rule
book and they say, is this an
intelligence activity or not?
is this person in my command or