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Seen removing suspected equipment. >> what these individuals were doing were basically collecting intelligence. they were intelligence officers operating here and using these compounds, one in new york, one in maryland, for intelligence collection purposes. >> russia immediately accused the u.s. of illegally seizing diplomatic property. now, with a new president in office, russia wants the compounds back and says its patience is running out. it is best to immediately return our property, the foreign ministry spokeswoman said, otherwise russia has the right to come up with a tit-for-tat respons...

Equipment. the officials say russians were seen removing the equipment. >> what these individuals were doing was collecting intelligence. they were intelligence officers operating here and using these compounds, one in new york, one in maryland, for intelligence collection purposes. >> russia accused the u.s. of illegally seizing diplomatic property. now with a new president in office, russia wants the compounds back and says its patience is running out. >> translator: it is best to immediately return our property. the foreign min stre spokesperson said. otherwise can come up for a it for tat ...

The russian embassy in washington. the white house says the russians were spying on the u.s. >> what these individuals were doing was collecting intelligence. they were intelligence officers operating here and using these compounds, one in new york, one in maryland, for intelligence collection purposes. >> reporter: russia refutes that the estates were being used for espionage. >> i think it's quite scandalous they chose to go after our kids, you know. they know full well those two facilities, which they mentioned in their notes they are vacation facilities for our kids. this is christmastime....

Welcome back to "the lead." we're covering breaking news. in our world lead, the obama administration out with a sweeping set of actions against russia, punishment for what the u.s. intelligence community says were cyber attacks by the russian government on u.s. political targets during the 2016 election. the government will expel 35 russian diplomats. shut down two russian compounds. lisa monaco joins me now live for more. lisa, thank you for joining us. the 35 individuals with diplomatic and consular passes into the united states, who you are now identifying as intelligence operatives, what ...

The fabric of america's stand for honor as it has stood since 1777 when george washington issued standing orders for the campaign in quebec that prisoners were to be treated with dignity. prisoners were to be used for intelligence collection purposes by bringing them to our side, showing our better angels. by not doing that. we would be actually violating the standing orders of george washington himself. so if we don't even believe in the values that this nation was built on, and we think that just destroying those values and dishonoring everyone who has ever worked in this community is satisf...