DONATIONS FROM A POLITICAL ALLY,
SUCH A POLARIZING FIGURE RUNNING
FOR PRESIDENT.
CRAZY DETAILS ABOUT THE
POISONING OF A FORMER RUSSIAN
SPY IN THE U.K.
OFFICIALS SAY THEY BELIEVE AN
ASSASSIN SMEARED A NERVE AGENT
ON THE DOORKNOB OF THEIR HOME.
EXPERTS SAY IT COULD HAVE ONLY
BEEN UNDERTAKEN WITH KREMLIN
APPROVAL.
THE RUSSIANS CONTINUE TO DENY
THEIR INVOLVEMENT.
BUT IT'S WHAT BRITISH AND
AMERICAN OFFICIALS SAY IS RIGHT.
IS THERE ANY WAY IT WENT DOWN
WITHOUT PUTIN GIVING IT THE
OKAY?
LET ME ASK MIKE BAKER.
>> I AM GOING TO CHOOSE NO.
HOW DOES THAT SOUND.
THERE IS NO WAY THAT SOMETHING
OF THIS NATURE WOULD BE DONE
WITHOUT PUTIN'S KNOWLEDGE.
SORT OF A NOD OF THE HEAD.
NOT A PAPER TRAIL.
WE WON'T BE SEARCHING HIS SERVER
TO GET INCRIMINATING EMAILS.
BACK IN 2006, THE RUSSIANS
PARLIAMENT PASSED AUTHORIZATION
THAT ALLOWED FOR THE RUSSIAN
GOVERNMENT TO REACH OUT AND
ATTACK OPPONENTS ABROAD.
THEN YOU KNOW WHAT HAPPENED IN
2006?
THEY KILLED LIT HERKS NENKO.
IT WAS AN AWFUL, EXCRUCIATING
DEATH.
IT'S GOT HIS FINGERPRINTS ON IT
IT WAS A VERY TECHNICAL
OPERATION.
THERE IS NO DOUBT ABOUT IT.
AMERICAN AND BRITISH
INTELLIGENCE SERVICES DON'T JUST
MAKE WILD-EYED ACCUSATIONS.
A LOT OF FORENSIC WORK GOES INTO
THIS, AND THEY LEFT BEHIND
RESIDUE ON THE DOORKNOB OF
SERGEI'S HOME.
YOU HAVE A RUSSIAN OPERATIVE WHO
IS IN LONDON, GOES TO A SMALL
SLEEPY TOWN OF SALISBURY AND
PUTS ON THE FRONT DOORKNOB OF
THE HOME MUCH SERGEI AND HIS
DAUGHTER THIS NERVE AGENT.
KENNEDY: A NERVE AGENT NOT ONLY
DEVELOPED IN THE SOVIET UNION,
BUT IS MANUFACTURED THERE.
GIVEN THE HIGH PROFILE FIGHT
BETWEEN OUR GOVERNMENT AND THEIR
GOVERNMENT OVER RUSSIAN ELECTION
MEDDLING, YOU WOULD THINK NOW
WOULDN'T BE THE TIME FOR SOME
FORMER KGB AGENTS TO GO ROGUE
AND START PICK OFF ADVERSARIES.
THIS OBVIOUSLY WAS DIRECTED BY
SOMEONE TO SEND A MESSAGE.
>> THE MESSAGE IS DO NOT DEFECT.
DO NOT DOUBLE CROSS US.
THAT'S THE MESSAGE PUTIN AND HIS
COHORTS ARE SENDING OUT.
HE'S SEND OUT A MESSAGE TO
ANYBODY ELSE WORK IN THE SSB OR
ANY SENSITIVE POSITION WITHIN
RUSSIA.
DON'T EVER THINK ABOUT DOING
WHAT SERGEI DID.
KENNEDY: THEY CAN GET YOU
ANYWHERE YOU ARE AT NO MATTER IF
IT'S IN A FOREIGN COUNTRY.
THAT'S OBVIOUSLY THE MESSAGE.
>> THEY HAVE A VERY LONG HISTORY
OF THIS.
THINK ABOUT WHAT THIS MEANS.
SERGEI IS LIVING IN THIS SMALL
TOWN.
THIS REQUIRED LEAD-UP, THIS
REQUIRED WORK.
KENNEDY: THEY CAN'T FEED THEIR
PEOPLE BUT THEY HAVE NO PROBLEM
GETTING THESE HIGH-FLYING MILES.
THOSE BASTARD.
>> SOMEBODY WILL WRITE THIS UP
INTO A NETFLIX SERIES.
KENNEDY: YOU AND I CAN TAP HIS
OUT IN AN HOUR.