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Do. technology is great. and we need it. but its not going to tell us whats going happen. and it may not actually tell us the truth about what we are looking at. >> yeah. yeah. you know, theres been a lot of talk about putins state of mind. um, but for the u.s. to assess that, that requires assets on the ground, doesnt it? people if not with him, close to those who are able to offer an assessment. thats been uniquely difficult when it comes to putin, hasnt it? >> well, putins trajectory if you l...

>> there is bipartisan support to provide these planes. it is disappointing to see the reluctance on the part of the administration and its coming across as indecision. >> i believe there is a sentiment that were fearful about what putin might do. and what he might consider as an escalation. its time for him to be fearful of what we might do. >> so, the biden administration says the u.s. and other nato countries have sent anti-tank and anti-missile weapons to ukraine. now, the number of foreign ...

Cia operations officer. now, with georgetown university center for security studies. now, earlier, i asked him about the u.s. strategy of releasing apparently classified intel in an effort to head off possible russian plans. have a listen. >> its really unprecedent -- precedented, the amount of information that was declassified from apparently real intel jennings. we have seen the khashoggi report. we have seen the information on russian meddling. those are finished products that had gone throug...

So, in the context of ukraine, what -- what was fascinating, particularly early on? was the u.s. tactic of releasing apparently classified intel to head off possible russian plants for false-flag operations and so on. how unusual was that in the world of intel? declassifying things like that? >> its really unprecedented, the amount of information that was declassified from apparently real intelligence. we have seen the khashoggi report. we have seen the information on russian meddling. those are...