the scary part is that makes p utin more like a strong man and a dictator than a person with the interestf russia in his deep heart. i just thought i had mentioned that. maybe i am alerting other people to the idea of truth that is underreported. host: our producer found this article in "the new york post." putin could be world's richest man with stolen $200 billion fortune. there is your story, paul. paul: maybe you can get it out there. peter: just did. thank you for that. richard, independent line. what is on your mind this morning? richard: about the patriot act. that was one of the worst acts they ever put in. it really bothered me. some intelligence agencies -- we have 16 of them or something. people in business you walk down the street, there's cameras on the stoplight, cameras on the stores. i feel like i'm walking in a photoshop. it gets me aggravated because they use an excuse to go after anybody they want to go after, and then when people come after us they are bad people. when they do it, we are good people. there are two sides of the coin. peter: do you remember how you felt