typical hiring protocol. >> sure. while i have you, in other russia spy news, the alleged russian spy, maria butina, her spy skills leave a lot of people saying that she was this not so secret agent because sources say at least two times she was inebriated, she bragged about her connections with the russian government, comments that were so alarming that two of her classmates reported them to law enforcement. would someone in her situation be told to keep a low profile and maybe stop taking too many shots with your colleagues? >> for sure she would have been instructed by her handler to maintain a low profile. i don't think that she went to any kind of elite russian intelligence training academy. i think she was essentially what's called an access agent and she was a target of opportunity for russian intelligence. they realized that they could manipulate her. but, look, spies are not always