mr. brennan. i am talking about people like the late george bundy, brent scowcroft, intelligent intellectuals if you will, they served republicans and democrats. they're above the political fray. they should be able to keep their security clearance. mr. brennan has made a decision and it is a free country, he is entitled to do so to basically become a politician. in our free enterprise system, he is being paid and paid well to make provocative statements on television that are very political. >> senator -- >> but let me finish my point, poppy. if mr. brennan repeated in an airport some of the things he said on tv, he would either be in handcuffs or in a straight jacket. and i can't imagine anybody going to mr. brennan for objective analysis of the national security situation. >> what comments do you think would get him arrested in an airport specifically? obviously there's the calling the helsinki summit with putin tantamount to treason, there's the hogwash comment regarding collusion in "new york times" opinion piece, but what specific language are you talking about regarding brennan. >> i think mr