island, isabel's fiance, adolf, was stationed there. we know that a mr. lambson was so offended by carrie phillips pro-german talk that he reported on her in september of 1917 to the justice department. and that report went out to military and naval intelligence. for me the most astonishing documents is the 1917 exchange between the head of military intelligence with then-senator harding. carrie phillips had reportedly called senator harding her friend, so the spotlight was on harding. how well did he know these women, and could he testify to their loyalty? kind of creepy. harding responded with a three-page handwritten letter, isabel is golden. but carrie, she's intelligent, proud, imprudent in the expression of her opinions. and in his words, quote, the very openness of it would seem to establish its innocuous character, end quote. in other words, if she were a spy, why would she talk this way? even though this relationship would seem to have been a dangerous liability for a u.s. senator, he never backed away from her. but now it's time for me to back away. >> all right. kñ >> i've got two more