gregory craig, former white house counsel to president obama. john carlin served as assistant attorney general for national security at the department of justice from 2014 until october of last year. and carrie cordero served in the justice department under presidents george w. bush and obama, where she worked on matters of national security. let's take a closer look now at some of the revelations from today's hearing, beginning with what comey said he couldn't answer publicly. it starts with a question from committee chairman, senator burr. >> in the public domain is this question of the "steel dossier," a document that has been around out in for over a year. i'm not sure when the f.b.i. first took possession of it, but the media had it before you had it and we had it. at the time of your departure from the fbi, was the f.b.i. able to confirm any criminal allegations contained in the steel document? >> mr. chairman, i don't think that's a question i can answer in an open setting because it goes into the details of the investigation. >> and when