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>> well, so far it does because the russian authorities havent released any information about why they arrested mr. whelan. weve seen this before. remember when putin met with donald trump in helsinki, right before then mr. mueller had indicted 13 russian intelligence officers. and so putin came to helsinki with this crazy scheme that a dozen americans had also committed crimes against the russian government. i know because i was on that list. and thats what it feels like until the russian gover...

Claiming is a spy, does it from a profiling standpoint, does it fit what you might expect to see in a spy? >> the profile here, steve, fits the theory you were articulating before, a quid pro quo for maria butina. and i say that because the russians by arresting this individual, a businessman who was based in michigan, are implicitly claiming that he was an intelligence official for the u.s. government working under whats known as non-official cover. theyre claiming he was a noc. that is highly ...

Am. just looking at the profile of what we know about this individual who the russians are claiming is a spy, does it from a profiling standpoint, does it fit what you might expect to see in a spy? >> the profile here, steve, fits the theory you were articulating before, a quid pro quo for maria butina. and i say that because the russians by arresting this individual, a businessman who was based in michigan, are implicitly claiming that he was an intelligence official for the u.s. government wor...

Set four different explosive devices and get out, when you see that many threats of that many devices from a profiling standpoint, you have to start thinking more on the side of a hoax as opposed to a real type of threat. and, chris, when you look at the four targets that have been named, two admin buildings, a dorm and a classroom building where final exams are going on, again, you have to think the primary target is likely that classroom building. the other three may very well be red herrings ...

By going in and just shooting your mother, even if it were in a school, that doesnt get the attention that this gets because we have so many school children, innocent victims, who have been killed, and i think that that makes him maybe feel like hes special. >> lets go back. i dont want to get beyond the facts, but here is a guy, 28 people dead right now, another scene, we dont know what thats about. his father is still alive. his mother is teaching kids kindergarten, k to 4 as we say. he goes i...