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JACK, WHO DEFECTED FROM THE KGB
IN 1988, AND TOWARDS THE END OF
THE SOVIET UNION.
WE KNOW THE PLACE AND, THE KIND
OF WORK, THAT VLADIMIR PUTIN
WAS DOING IN THE KGB.
ARE YOU, IN ANY WAY, SURPRISED
BY WHAT YOU HAVE SEEN VLADIMIR
PUTIN DO OVER THE LAST THREE
WEEKS?
>> MAY I FIRST AND YOUR
MONOLOGUE WITH AN AMEN.
CONGRATULATIONS, YOU ARE THE
FIRST MAJOR NEWS OUTLET WHO
GETS IT RIGHT.
I HAVE BEEN FIGHTING OTHERS WHO
WOULD DESCRIBE SUPERPOWERS TO
AN EDUCATED TB ANCIENT.
YOU HAVE IT RIGHT.
THE OTHER THING I NEED TO TELL
YOU, YOUR REPORTING, AND YOUR
ANALYSIS IS EXCELLENT.
PLEASE, CONGRATULATIONS TO YOUR
TEAM.
NOW THAT THIS IS OUT OF THE WAY,
PUTIN IS NOT A DUMMY.
YOU DON'T RISE TO THE TOP OF
RUSSIA, AND STAY THERE FOR 20
PLUS YEARS, BY BEING AN IDIOT.
HE IS A MASTERFUL MANIPULATOR,
BUT HIS PROBLEM IS HE BUILT UP
THIS IMAGE OF HIMSELF AS A
SUPERMAN.
THAT HE'S PHYSICALLY FIT, HE
HAS A BLACK BELT IN KARATE, HE
WAS HUNTING, HE RIDES HORSES
WITH HIS CHEST EXPOSED, AND
BEATS THE STARTING LINEUP OF
THE RUSSIAN NATIONAL HOCKEY
TEAM BY SCORING A BUNCH OF
GOALS.
HE STARTED TO BELIEVE IN
HIMSELF.
THE HIERARCHY HE BUILT FOR
HIMSELF, AND THIS CREATES SICK
OFFENSE.
THE MOST TELLING SCENE THAT I
HAVE SEEN, IS A VIDEO ON YOU TO
WHERE HE IS INTERACTING WITH
THE HEAD OF THE EQUIVALENT TO
THE CIA.
HE IS ASKING THE FELLOW SOME
QUESTIONS, AND HE DOESN'T LIKE
THE ANSWERS, SO THE FELLOW
STARTS TO SHAKE, HE'S VISIBLY
SHAKING.
HE IS CHANGING THE WORDS HE IS
USING.
THAT IS THE BIGGEST FAILURE OF
A LEADER, IF YOU DON'T START,
IF YOU DON'T LISTEN TO THE
SPECIALISTS UNDER YOU.
I CAN GUARANTEE YOU, THE MOST
CAPABLE INTELLIGENCE SERVICES
IN THE MILITARY, THE GRU, I
GUARANTEE YOU, KNEW EXACTLY THE
WHAT PUTIN HAD TO EXPECT WHEN
HE INVADED UKRAINE.
I KNEW TOO, BY THE WAY.
BECAUSE UKRAINIANS HAVE A DEEP
SEATED HATRED FOR EVERYTHING
RUSSIAN.
NOT RUSSIAN PEOPLE, AS MUCH AS
THE RUSSIAN GOVERNMENT.
THOUGH, THAT WAS TO BE
EXPECTED.
>> JACK, DO YOU EXPECT THAT
INFORMATION, AND THAT VIEW,
EXISTED, BUT IT DIDN'T GET TO
VLADIMIR PUTIN, AND TO PREVENT
WILL COULD BE THE TRUTH FOR
VLADIMIR UKRAINE THE?
>> WE HAD HEARD THAT HE HAD
DENIED THEM, AND IT WAS AGAINST
HIS WISHFUL THINKING.
YOU GET TO A POINT WHERE YOU
THINK YOU ARE THE SMARTEST MAN
IN THE ROOM, AND THAT IS WHEN
YOU START FAILING.
THAT IS THE INDIVIDUAL FAILURE
HERE, NOT THE FAILURE OF THE
INTELLIGENCE APPARATUS.
INDEED, THE TRUTH WAS TOO EASY
TO KNOW.
THE ONE THING THAT WAS
UNFORESEEABLE IS THAT THERE IS
A MODERN-DAY CHURCHILL COMING
OUT OF UKRAINE.
THAT WAS A SURPRISE.
BUT, IT WOULDN'T HAVE TAKEN