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Do. technology is great. and we need it. but it's not going to tell us what's going happen. and it may not actually tell us the truth about what we are looking at. >> yeah. yeah. you know, there's been a lot of talk about putin's state of mind. um, but for the u.s. to assess that, that requires assets on the ground, doesn't it? people if not with him, close to those who are able to offer an assessment. that's been uniquely difficult when it comes to putin, hasn't it? >> well, putin's trajectory if you look at it in hindsight probably makes a lot of sense. he has been talking about the error th...

>> there is bipartisan support to provide these planes. it is disappointing to see the reluctance on the part of the administration and it's coming across as indecision. >> i believe there is a sentiment that we're fearful about what putin might do. and what he might consider as an escalation. it's time for him to be fearful of what we might do. >> so, the biden administration says the u.s. and other nato countries have sent anti-tank and anti-missile weapons to ukraine. now, the number of foreign fighters volunteering to fight for ukraine has grown now to 20,000. that's according to ukraine's...

Cia operations officer. now, with georgetown university center for security studies. now, earlier, i asked him about the u.s.' strategy of releasing apparently classified intel in an effort to head off possible russian plans. have a listen. >> it's really unprecedent -- precedented, the amount of information that was declassified from apparently real intel jennings. we have seen the khashoggi report. we have seen the information on russian meddling. those are finished products that had gone through analytic review and a good deal of scrubbing before it was made declassified. here, we have the ...

So, in the context of ukraine, what -- what was fascinating, particularly early on? was the u.s.' tactic of releasing apparently classified intel to head off possible russian plants for false-flag operations and so on. how unusual was that in the world of intel? declassifying things like that? >> it's really unprecedented, the amount of information that was declassified from apparently real intelligence. we have seen the khashoggi report. we have seen the information on russian meddling. those are finished products that had gone through analytic review and good deal of scrutiny before it was m...