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Entering the u.s. under the guise of other business. officials say theyve been replenishing their ranks since the u.s. expelled 35 russian diplomats suspected of spying as youll recall last december and in some cases russian spies have even tried to gain employment at places in the u.s. with sensitive information as part of their intelligence-gathering efforts. now the fbi, which is responsible for counterintelligence efforts wouldnt respond to comments. >> so, pam, if the u.s. intelligence know...

Pamela, what can you tell us? >> weve learned that russian spice are ramping up their intelligence gathering efforts in the united states according to current and former u.s. intelligence officials who say theyve noticed an increase since the election. so the russians efforts have not been slowed by the intense focus of the intelligence communitys assessment that russia meddled in a the u.s. election. and since the election, john, u.s. authorities have detected an uptick in suspected russian int...

Intelligence community. and since the election, john, u.s. authorities have detected an uptick in suspected russian intelligence officers entering the united states under the guise of other business. officials say they believe russia is trying to replenish their ranks since the u.s. expelled 35 russian diplomats suspected of spying last december, and in some cases, russian spies have tried to gain employment at places with sensitive information as part of their intelligence-gathering efforts. th...

Replenishing their ranks ever since the u.s. expelled 35 russian diplomats suspected of spying last december. in some cases, russian spies have tried to gain employment at places with sensitive information as part of their intelligence-gathering efforts. the fbi which is responsible for counterintelligence efforts in the u.s. would not comment for the story. the russian embassy in washington didnt respond to a request for comment. of course, all of this begs the question, why isnt the u.s. stopp...

Disagreements over the russian activity and president donald trumps reluctance to accept intelligence inclusions about russias meddling in the election. as we heard just today has slowed efforts to counter threat. former and current officials we have spoken with have said, and were told that counter intelligence is seeking -- is seeking to basically fbi counter intelligence is seeking to keep an eye on the activity in some of these cases. the fbi will use surveillance to track the suspected russ...

Heightened alert here, because, you know, isis in particular has put no boundaries on its encouragement of its -- its adherence to carry out attacks like this, but i think we do have the advantages of sharing, we have the advantages of size and now of experience over the years since 9/11. >> and that post-9/11 world, as you were intimating here, john, are the inbeds that come from large police forces like the nypd that have been stationed in terms of counterintelligence efforts and specialists f...

Counterintelligence efforts. there is not about cyber fingerprints when someone says this is hack is consistent what russia has done in the past, it is consistent with their techniques. that may all be but china may have seen these things and adopted russian techniques and decided -- eric: why do you think that is really realistic? >> to point the finger at russians and undermined trust and confidence in our constitutional system. that is the advantage of all the potential ad is versaris. russia...