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So this is a really difficult and kind of inscrutable position theyre taking. theyre very relaxed. there dont seem to be a lot of military maneuvers. that could be explained by secrecy, and also the fact that the ukrainians dont want to give what they think the russians want, which is a pretext forward. if the russians start to see that the ukrainians are maneuvering a lot, taking what the russians would handily interpret and project as a pretext for invasion, then the russians could hold that i...

>> and david, to you, as nic was mentioning, putin has given these ultimatums regarding natos expansion and ukraines membership knowing that they are nonstarters for washington and its allies. when you look at the big picture and try to add it all up, especially with the latest images, the build-up, the positioning of russian troops and the other day, the biden administration warning of this propaganda video that may be released by the russians as a pretext to invade ukraine. it almost looks lik...

With faiz ahmed, a trader whose social media led us to investigate possible illegal activity alongside his legitimate business. we operated under the pretext of wanting to start a breeding farm. the conversation started over legal captive—bred parrots but faiz was also prepared to sell us wild african greys. he was confident that he would be able to get around customs import restrictions, and also advised it would be a lucrative business.

Not. however it seems like theyre trying to create a pretext which is frightening and troublesome in dominance for what could occur. >> its like when you see two guys fight in the bar and one guy just gets closer and closer helping the other guy shoves him. he has an excuse to punch him in the face. thats pretty much whats happening here with vladimir putin. he certainly gaslighting the united states. russia doesnt have the type of economy where they can do a sustained war. we dont want to have ...

Using a fake explosion to try to make it look like that was evidence of ukraine troops attacking russia and thereby give russian troops a pretext for invading. knowing that, does it sound as though russia and the kremlin are de-escalating right now? or does it sound as though they are trying to find a reason to soon invade? >> i dont get the impression that the russians are de-escalating. on the contrary, if theyre planning this kind of provocative action, that would cause the ukrainians or othe...

This threat. yesterday the congress of the united states was briefed by members of the intelligence community, the secretary of defense, the secretary of state as we discussed what was going on, what we could expect in ukraine, and they had mentioned they would be releasing this information. we had heard, as you said, some of this from the united kingdom, but they would be releasing to the public the information that the intelligence community had gathered on this russian pretext for invasion th...

Alleged this week russia could be playing a release of some sort of fake attack, a video fake attack against them as a pretext for invasion. meantime, we just saw images of putin and chinas president xi jinping looking very cozy at the olympics. what do you make of all of these developments, and one of the questions i have about all of this is, you know from your standpoint as a former defense secretary. the united states putting troops into eastern europe. into that theater. in the middle of al...

Investigating specifically? >> we are still operating in a little bit a vacuum. there is still meat on the bones. there is a conspiracy against the united states, mail fraud. what the whole scheme here is there were actually phony slates of electors signing the certificates, saying trump was actually elected in states that he wasnt. meaning essentially trying to usurp the will of the voters in places where they had elected biden as president. they wanted to toss out the votes. they wanted to sen...

Now we know there are ongoing investigations into another part of the plot. into another part of the plot that didnt unfold violently on the capitol grounds on january 6th. remember, this thing appeared to operate at three basic levels. at least, these are the three levels -- i find it easier to sort of keep the whole thing in mind. if i think about it in terms of these three different levels of the scheme. first, it was in the states. first level was in the states. in the states they invented, ...

The ukrainian government has a way to communicate with those populations that might only get their news from kremlin-sponsored state news networks. so i think thats very smart. more broadly, we see a lot of western governments, the u.s., u.k. and new governments investing and supporting ukraine in these efforts and supporting pushing back on russian disinformation around the european continent. and were learning slowly. i would like to see more investment from all of the allied countries in this...