mean to the cia to have someone who understood the intelligence product, who understood the intelligence community s selflessness, really facelessness in many jobs there as their ultimate customer when he became president? there s been so much said in the last three days about his foreign policy accomplishments. how did his understanding of the intelligence and his ability to think and see things the way you all do help him execute his foreign policy? first of all, i think it forced the cia to be at the top of its game because here he is, a former director of cia, former envoy to china, eight years as vice president and then becomes president. and so he understood exactly what the intelligence capabil y capabilities were. he understood the strengths and weaknesses. knew the world, knew many of the world leaders at the time. so we were having to give a very, very well-informed and smart and intelligent consumer
communications down to the military commanders on the grounds. that would allow you to if you conduct an operation, call up your counterpart. saying i need you to stand down for 15 minutes. i need to do something. that was suspended. we need to make sure that is not pulled out and thrown at the wall. the other thing which i think is important is russia indicated it increased air defense capabil y capabilities in syria. my view of that they have a robust air defense capability already. any place where russia goes. if we have aircraft, soldiers. if we have one soldier on the ground, we put a bubble over that guy. they have to shot down our missiles. yes. now them saying they will bolster is it bluster? they may try it, but they have a capability. this is a political message going back to the united states saying we hear you. spider, what do you make of