Page 146 - Compounds News Today

This was a scene friday at russian compounds in maryland and new york after president obama ordered the expulsion of nearly three dozen diplomats. both outposts being turned over to the state department and the occupants flown back to russia. lets bring in the former ambassador to iraq and poland, thank you for being with us today. >> pleasure. >> how unusual is president obamas action here? was it a surprise to you about the compounds and what does it all entail? >> those compounds, especially ...

These nice facilities and you are no longer going to have access to them. >> the properties were on u.s. officials radar for decades but even the reagan administration at the height of the cold war let them stay. >> if we went and arrested every single person we suspected to be a spy and kicked them out of country, they would do the same to us. >> malcolm what was going on in those compounds? do you have any idea? >> hes right. these compounds have been in place for decades. i recall early on in...

Resources and intent and try to inspire folks within operating theaters like europe and the united states to carry out their own attacks. the challenge there, of course, is that they dont necessarily have to go after the thing everybody is watching like times square. they could do -- there are other ways to send a message or wait until after this particular date. now take an attack, make an attack happen when nobody is watching. >> michael, thank you so much for your insight. we hope everyone ha...

Warfare tool against america, they would need to go anywhere through any electronic access to try to prepare to shut down sections of the united states. shutting down a power grid kills people. but whether the russians were preparing for that, as part of their general warfare strategy, and political warfare, or if they actually intended to carry out essentially a cyberterrorist attack against the united states, the u.s. intelligence community has to assume that theyre going to go through small u...

Friday, praising the russian president after he held back and decided not to expel american diplomats as expected by other top russian officials. trump wrote, great move on delay by v putin. i always knew he was very smart. trumps flattery toward putin followed a spy novel type drama, where 35 russian diplomats were ordered out of the u.s. by president obama. part of the punishment for russian hacking. >> the obama administration is expelling the diplomats because of things that the russian gove...

Moment ago. hypothetically, he could, because they are executive actions and he will be the executive. but theyre saying that it would make sense for him to allow a large tranche of intelligence operators from russia back into the country or to reopen these compounds for the same reason. >> and bob, is there a sign here that in the first 100 days of trumps administration that he could be facing some battles in congress, even within his own party? >> oh, yeah, definitely, without a doubt. hes goi...

Trump flattery followed a spy novel-type drama where 35 russian diplomats were ordered out of the u.s. by president obama. part of the punishment for russian hacking. >> the obama administration is expelling these diplomats because of things that the russian government did. >> reporter: at consulates in san francisco and washington, d.c., russian staffers scrambled to get out quickly. the state department also took control of sprawling compounds in maryland and long island, new york, that many n...

The u.s. election system. the u.s. is imposing sanctions against nine russian individuals and entities, including the fsb spy agency and military intelligence unit, bot believed behind the hack. orring russian intelligence operatives and families in california and washington d.c. out of the country. and shutting down two russian owned compounds in maryland and new york. also declassifying intelligence on russian cyberactivity to help networks in the u.s. and abroad to identify detect and disrupt...

I always knew he was very smart. jim sciutto joins us now. that tweet aside, russia vowed to answer any hostile steps from the u.s. but it hasnt been very hostile so far, right? >> no, it hasnt. let obesity honest with you, hell get a much friendlier u.s. administration in three weeks time. he knows that and with that tweet donald trump has been telegraphing that broadly and widely. perhaps a smart strategic move the wait. vladimir putin has always been very conscious of political theater and wi...

Is a real thing. >> david swerdlick and selena zito, thank you very much, we appreciate it. up next, one day into the cease-fire deal in syria between russia, the assad regime and rebels, the sides agree to put an end to the brutal war there. will it hold? later two russian compounds on u.s. soil have been effectively shut down with the obama administration ordering all russians to leave in the wake of the new sanctions. what goes on in those waterfront retreats we will discuss. youre watching...