about this new cia report that was released. remember, he had asked feinstein to not do it. we ll bring that to you if and when he discusses that topic. reaction in the meantime pouring into the release of that senate cia report. here s arizona senator john mccain earlier today. this question isn t about our enemies. it s about us. it s about who we were, who we are, and who we aspire to be. it s about how we represent ourselves to the world. let s bring in mike baker, former cia covert operations officer and president of diligence llc, a global intelligence and security firm, and patrick eddington, policy analyst on homeland security and civil liberties for the cato institute. he is also a former senior policy advisor to democratic congressman rush holt from new jersey. gentlemen, great to have you both here. thank you. patrick, let me start with you because i have a sneaking suspicion that you believe that this is the right move to release this report, and if so, why? wel
mission? he answered, quote, i think it was to access the cockpit if that was proving to be difficult for the group. he was then again asked by the prosecutor, did you understand that the malaysians were also involved in an airplane plot? he answered, yes. now, it is worth pointing out, martha, that if indeed he did have these shoe bombs, if indeed he did hand them to a malaysian group that included a pilot, it all happened more than 12 years ago at the end of 2001. bizarre connections here. jonathan, thank you very much. so now to more on this developing shoe bomber theory jonathan was just talking about. mike baker joins me now, former cia covert operations officer and president of global intelligence firm diligence. mike, welcome. good to have you here. thank you. what do you make of this development coming out of this trial? well, this isn t the first time that badat has talked about
get involved with. russian forces in control of a region. there are concerns it could go into the eastern part of the country. president obama has repeatedly warned the russian president to back off but so far, vladmir putin has ignored the president and the world, really, claiming he s protecting russian citizens. joining me now, author of the kbbj, police and politics in the soviet union and expert on russia and mike baker, former . c.i.a. covert operations officer, it s nice to have you both on set today to talk about this. we re talking about our interpretation of what s happening in eastern europe. how are the russians interpreting what s happening? what is the feeling from that country? well, of course, i think it s one half distinguished between how vladmir putin and the rest of the kremlin views the situation and russian people at
bill: you re toast. martha: freezing, right? bill: yeah, really bad. so it continues. but john roberts saying atlanta could be shut down for three, possibly four days? a major american city from a storm like this, unheard of. martha: and the flower shop around the corn or s going to have a hard time on valentine s day. and that building committeesly collapsed, the historic building, gone. bill: millions affected by the storm, we re going to let you know what you need to know on that in a moment. first, though, hamid karzai commenting on the release of dozens of detainees against the wishes of the u.s. military. karzai saying the move is, quote, of no concern to the u.s. the u.s. might feel differently. mike baker s a former cia covert operations officer and president of global intelligence and security form diligence llc, mike, good morning to you. thanks very much. bill: simple, basic question. why is karzai doing this? well, or the simple answer is he s trying to save his own s
antigovernment protesters in russia. meanwhile, strict security in sochi as winter games continue while all seems safe on the ground, there are new reports of growing cyber threats. let s bring in mike baker, former c.i.a. covert operations officer and president of diligence global security firm. good to see you this saturday evening, mike. thanks very much. appreciate it. so let s start here. is computer hacking a bonafide worry? well, it s a bonafide worry anywhere in the world. are there places that are higher risk, higher threats than others? yes. russia would be one of those. this was highlighted in a recent story. apparently a story on nbc where it talked about how the reporter, no sooner had literally fired up his phone and sat down in a cafe than he was hacked and his computer was attacked. the reality of that was that story was a little misleading.