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Pro russian president in ukraine fled the country. it is what ukrainians call liberation. so there is a lot of context that we will always look at when were considering when to do something. i would add to that, taking donbas, even the extended portion of it, i do not believe is enough. it is not about just nato membership. it is about creating a vassal state so he has to bring down the government. i dont know whether it will be incremental or fast but theres more to come. >> and moscow will sen...

Big welcome to you. im going to ask you, did this exchange surprise you? and what do you make of our new reporting that u.s. intelligence shows russian military has been given the green light, the go ahead with an invasion? >> well, first of all, thanks for having me on here today. look, theres what we call intelligence soak going on over the ukraine. thats human intelligence sources, signals intelligence communications as well as, you know, what we call isr, eyes in the sky, reconnaissance. wel...

The aircraft that can actually track vehicles as they move but when you see the picture like you have up now, with the tanks and bmps all in a row, thats probably a unit coming out of a motor pool into a staging area, or heading out on a convoy to get to the attack position, thats probably what is going on. but you cant just take the sing images and draw conclusion from that. the military analyst will actually take those kinds of feeds, the multiple pictures, put them together with moving target...

Right now. we dont have anybody on the ground and theres an apparent lack of military drones flying overhead. so without being there, how helpful is that information? >> well, i think that the considerable intelligence capabilities of the united states and of the uk are probably significant. were sharing intelligence in a way that ive never seen before. i mean, so much -- of course, it would be better if we had actual troops that were there to talk -- human intelligence. that would be very helpf...

More to prepare the battlefield, to create public-opinion pressure on our allies and governments and nato and the g7 to unify as we have. so, i think, in that extent, its been very successful. >> hmm. yeah, thats an interesting take on it. i -- in -- in the bigger picture, does there need to be a bigger investment in human intelligence and resources? has that ball been dropped in this high-tech age? >> technology is such that it works both ways, and people could use it to manipulate images, mani...

To create public opinion pressure on our allies, on governments, and nato and the g7 to unify as we have. so i think in that extent, its been very successful. >> hmm. yeah, thats an interesting take on it. i -- in -- in the bigger picture, does there need to be a bigger investment in human intelligence, human and resources? has that ball been dropped in this high-tech age? >> technology is such that it works both ways. and people could use it to manipulate images, manipulate collection of voice ...

In the northwest of the country. the jury is out for now on what russias end game is with ukraines energy infrastructure, especially its nuclear sites. ukraine tells the iaea that radiation levels at these plants appear to be normal. but western nerves have been rattled. nina dos santos, cnn, in london. joining me now from mclean in virginia, douglas london is a retired cia operations officer and author of the book "the recruiter, spying and the lost art of american intelligence." and on that ...

Illustrates what i write in my book. the human intelligence, the information you get from sources, people on the inside, has become even more important as technology has evolved. intelligence isnt perfect because its incomplete. its like looking at a jigsaw puzzle where you have only parts of the picture apparent to you. we are watching russia move all its weapons and its machinery into belarus and around the borders. but we couldnt tell from those pictures what it meant. what putins decision wa...

Of collecting information. and, look, what i point to, craig, is the reality that the united states has been spot on throughout this conflict. if you want to verify the capacity the united states has, just look at how much the united states called not just the invasion itself but the focus on kyiv at the outset. that was something that came out of the united states intelligence community, too. id also say, craig, look, you dont need to have intercepted communications or human intelligence spies ...

Problems as far as their ability to infiltrate foreign countries, learning language. thats the big thing too. not just technology its people. >> brian: got to be human intelligence. thanks so much, pete. appreciate it. >> pete: thanks, brian. >> brian: age of the peace over. world of woke disney expose dollars as look to reshape guest earns examines. a panel of parents sound off next or should i say people or they or them? some people are coming up. did i insult anybody? ♪ unbelievable ♪ ♪...