. >> woodruff: to help break down the justice department decision, i'm joined by neil katyal. he served as acting solicitor general in the obama administration. and brett tolman. he's a former federal prosecutor and also worked as chief counsel for republicans on the senate judiciary committee. gentlemen, thank you both for being here. brett tolman, to you, first. how could a case, after two and a half years, when general flynn pled guilty, suddenly disintegrate? >> well, you know, the disintegration comes as a result of, i think, an honest assessment of the facts, and what i mean by that is you have to understand what the facts are at the time when the decisions were made. here, there's no question, it's not just about misconduct of the f.b.i. there's that. it's concerning. there are statements, there are notes, we've all seen them. we're concerned when an f.b.i. agent asks the question what's our goal, is it to get somebody to do something criminal as opposed who what if they lie in our investigation, what will happen, instead he said are we going to get them to lie. the pro