spies are stepping up cloak and dagger operations in the united states. pamela brown has that. >> reporter: russian spies are ramping up intelligence gathering efforts in the u.s. according to former and u.s. intelligence officials who say they've noticed increase since the election so the russian efforts have not been slowed by the intense focus of the intelligence community assessment that russia meddled the u.s. election. and since the election authorities have detected uptick in suspected russian intelligence officers sberpg the u.s. under the guise of other business. they've been replenishing rank since the u.s. expelled diplomats suspected of spying. in some cases russian spies tried to gain employment at places with sensitive information as part of intelligence gathers efforts. ant fbi responsible for counterintelligence efforts in the u.s. would not comment. en a the russian embassy in washington didn't respond. but all of this begs the question why isn't it being stopped. well partisan politicking