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Concerned about it in the united states. >> john heilemann, one of the elements of the reporting in "the new york times" is this is the loss of a major asset. i mean, this russian asset has been brought to safety in the united states, but "the times" reporting has indicated that that information flow hasn't been replaced. >> right. and i think it's incredibly -- reading from people who know more about this than you and i who follow this world, everyone is noting just how devastating this loss is for america's intelligence capacity in general, but particularly modern russia at a time when we kn...

Magic asset, the kind of asset that comes along once in a generation for the american government, now gone at a moment when the russian government, when vladimir putin are emboldened and have been invited to meddle in american election 2020. we're flying far more blind than we were in 2016. we couldn't stop them then. >> mieke, there is also a question in a lot of the reporting about the ability to recruit an asset like that now because russian sources, people working within the russian government who might in some point in the past been inclined to help the united states would probably be liv...