operations and also said that, quote, when authorized it's taking action to disrupt or degrade malicious states from disrupting elections. yes, they are interrupting them from disrupting u.s. elections. >> as kylie pointed out this is something that they've been working on for some time. put it in perspective for us. how sophisticated would an operation like that be? >> make no nis take, erica. the united states is one of the foremost cyber operators in the world. i think this is not beyond our capability, nor is it particularly something we should be surprised that is in our tool kit. what's important to note is that the united states has been reticent to take steps like this because it's become so politicized the last couple of