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The end of the program. joining me are two experts. daniel hoffman, a station chief who served five years in moscow, currently works as a vice president of the consulting group spg. john brownlee is a former u.s. attorney served as the justice department for a decade and now he runs the white collar political defense for holland & knight. he represented virginia governor bob mcdonald. daniel, does any operation like this get carried out without the knowledge, without the oversight of vladimir putin? >> no, this is a kremlin operation and i would describe it as a hybrid operation. in other word...