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He put forth the misinformation that they were withdrawing troops and we countered almost immediately in countering this. how do you think we did in terms of countering misinformation from vladimir putin. >> i think we're doing good. putin isn't hiding anything, we've got commercial overhead reconnaissance of his troop deployment. he's conducting overt military exercises in belarus, and the belarus president said they can stay as long as they like. it's a deliberate effort by putin to dial up the tension and he knows whatever intelligence, he's fine with that and help him choke off the spots w...
Detailed information about his location, the tunnels, the maps, including a sample of his clothing. we were able to determine his dna. that's all the information that is so important for our military so they don't -- when they go in to launch the attack, in addition to some of the other intelligence like overhead reconnaissance, they also have this valuable human reporting. human intelligence reporting so they can take care of themselves. you notice we didn't lose anyone in this fight. and then strike the target and avoid any collateral damage. one more thing to highlight, idlib is a hornet's ...
Sort of contradictory accounts of the difficulties of intelligence gathering when it comes to north korea. is that right? >> reporter: that's right. in may dan coates told congress north korea was the toughest nation to collect intelligence against. he said they get limited results when trying to collect electronic surveillance and they have gaps in overhead reconnaissance. mike pompeo in mid august said the intelligence community has done what he said was, quote, remarkable work in watching the missile and nuclear programs develop. today intelligence officials insisted to us there is no dayli...