Ways of intelligence collection may not render that insight. They might not be giving the right perspective. We need a better sense of what is happening in the street and that is why looking at social media and other things give you a better sense of the bear metrics is a country. In ukraine, people say you didnt predict putin was going to do this or that. Well i think we identified what the pros and cons were and what his calculus was but i think putin and other leaders have not determined what the next chess move is until their opponents shows their chess move and they will bend. Intelligence isnt a sea as far as having a crystal ball. What we need to do is help policymakers understand the forces at play and how certain developments and actions may affect that calculus and that is what i think is important for the cia particularly in this world where we have so many challenges across the board. We have not talked about africa even. This is something we need to stay atuned to because
Good morning, everyone, it is monday, november 11th, veterans day. Im Ayman Mohyeldin alongside Yasmin Vossoughian. We begin with what is expected to be a very busy week in the impeachment probe as it now moves from behind closed doors to public proceedings in front of the country. The hearings are expected to open wednesday acting u. S. Ambassador to ukraine bill taylor who testified he was told everyone ukraine wanted military aid and a white house visit, autoof that were essentially contingent on announcing investigations in the 2016 election as well as the bidens. Senior state Department Official george kent is also set to testify publicly on we sdnesday. He told lawmakers a white house visit was contingent on a promise to ukraine to launch those investigations. On friday, Marie Yovanovitch is expected to testify. Shes already told impeachment investigators that she felt threatened when President Trump told ukraines president back in july on that infamous phone call that she would,