the biden administration before they take place how did the us intelligence get the information? mike baker former covert operations officer. great to have you. >> thanks for having me. mike: your thoughts on how the united states was aware some of this before it happened? >> i don't want to oversimplify it but that's the job of the cia to focus on russia. obviously over the years going back to the soviet union it was our primary concern and our primary target with intel collection perspective so it's no surprise whether through human sources that that is where significant resources have been and continue to be focused.