startling. >> we believe that moscow may be setting the stage to use a chemical weapon and then falsely blame ukraine to justify escalating its attacks on the ukrainian people. manufacturing events and creating false narratives of genocide to justify greater use of military force is a tactic that russia has used before. >> it is a tactic they've used before, but one of the trademarks of the biden administration over the last several months has been getting way out ahead. disclosing intelligence publicly. the russians are building up troops. they plan to invade. they've proved right. they were prit in those declarations. so when you hear that, it gives you even more chills. >> absolutely. and, obviously, this has been part of the russian playbook not just in this conflict where we've seen everything play out as the administration has predict bud russia also has a pattern of doing this. not just helping other dictators around the world use chemical weapons but also going against their own adversaries. adversaries of the regime to use chemical weapons against them or, you know, any kind of -- any

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