garnered valuable intelligence. the first is they were able at a local level, tactical level to test the russian defensive capabilities, work out reaction times, see how the air defenses and surface-to-surface missile defenses fired up, whether they fired up in response to this cross-border operation, what the reaction of the local communities there, some of which may be sympathetic to ukraine, and the other is psychological. rattling the russians, keeping them off balance. sam kiley, appreciate it. thank you very much. joining me is retired air force comfortable and cnn military analyst colonel leighton. thank you for being here. let s talk about these anti-putin russians who are claiming responsibility for this attack at least into the belgorod region in russia. this isn t the first attack that we ve seen within russia s borders. how much of a threat are these anti-putin russians to putin? well, i think, amara, good
house when secret service is there again, there is imply implications of politicizing law enforcement. people s lives are at risk and people s civil liberties are at risk. there is just not enough conversation about it. i wish cnn and msnbc and all the other network that put vindman on tv would put these guys on there as well so they can talk about what is happening in the fbi. donald trump isn t the first political figure to be targeted by the fbi. i mean, martin luther king was targeted by the fbi as well. and that s not saying that all the cops that are in the rank and file people are doing negative things, but they are at the highest level. they are political operatives there and think should be discussed more. anyway, a lot of news coming up today. video out of iowa as a suspect speeds off, despite a police officer hanging on for his dear life. the justice just served in that case. ainsley: gosh. what would you do in that case? plus, the elephant in the room as we inch closer to
one of these cases, the concrete had not even beenrs cured. this isn t the first timt timee has blamed the magical powers of the wind for something that embarrassed the administrationn . remember when biden fellbi dowdn the stairs to air force one ? fu thaltt was the wind s fault, too. so the president to take a fall on the stairs, is he doing okay? so that s you knowg , it sok prn windy outside. it s very windy.dyde iom i almost feeing upl coming up the steps myself, he is doing a 100% fine. up th i vose walked up those same steps. i can tell you the winstd neveey bblew me over or my boss, foris that matter. as you may remember, thingwesref were a bit differentfe when bri i served as white house pressef secretary in that briefing the amer peoplecan deserve an adversarial press. interested in the truth. i do not mean sensationalism, shouting or interruption that serves none.o one . what i mean is tough, thorough, policy based questions. you deserve accountability in in washington.
and, you know, even in his campaign re-election video, he s like, we re fighting for the soul of the nation. it s like, bro, let s talk about inflation, all right? bottom line line it up for us. don t call it transitory. don t gaslight us. the first question interest semiconductors? why isn t the first question about the intelligent leak we just saw and south korea arming ukrainian soldiers which violates their own laws and south korea leadership was upset that leak was accessible and made public because it s embarrassing for them and puts them in a bad light on the international stage and it also shows that this is just another ally that the president doesn t care about. he doesn t handle foreign relations appropriately and the press doesn t challenge him. the one thing i hoped after the trump administration is every president would be challenged the way the press challenged president trump. that is not the case.
expelled. the other thing is that the international situation. in previous times i think norway would have been happy to let spooks do what spooks do, just play cat and mouse with them across the field. but ukraine has changed everything. norway has a border with russia in the far north arctic, which has made them sensitive. if 15 diplomats really were spying, i think norway would decide that is taking the mickey too much and has decided to take action. russia has it will take action as well but has not given details. usually things are tit for tat. my guess is there are about a dozen or not their bags and the toothbrush before having to say goodbye. this isn t the first spy scandal