with me is peter conradi, who's author of "who lost russia?"o joined i am alsojoined by a i am also joined by a political co nsulta nt i am also joined by a political consultant and former capitol hill worker. first, could you explain to me whether or not you believe mr flynn broke the law, matt? it's a good question. the logan act has beenin good question. the logan act has been in place since 1799. there has not ever once been a prosecution under that act. that says that transition officials cannot have government contacts with foreign governments when they are not in power. it basically means we have only one president and one administration at a time. in this case, i think it's probably, perhaps, a letter of the law violation but not a spirit of the law violation. we don't know until the transcripts of the phone call that he held with the russian ambassador are widely and publicly released. i don't think this is as much a legal problem. i do think this is... you need someone as national security adviser who has the trust of the president, w