thank you for sharing that. i know my viewers do, too. will he or won t he as the world waits for putin to make his next move as top military agencies are working overtime, searching for telling clues. you are convinced that president putin is going to invade ukraine? is that what you said yes, be i do. so, is diplomacy off the table then? no. it s all in until he does, diplomacy is always a possibility. what reason do you have to believe he s considering that option at all? we have a significant intelligence capability. thank you. well, joining me now, mark, retired from the cia, senior intelligence service after serving for 26 years. mark is an expert in counterterrorism, covert actions and human intelligence collection and has overseen operation in europe and russia and also author of the book clarity in crisis.
all grim news, mark. and certainly i know you re you tweeted something more optimistic today about the red sox s fate this week because of the soft schedule. i can t say i quite share your enthusiasm, but i hope you re right. a lot of fun. no, it s not. i m going to just end it. retired cia senior intelligence officer, thank you. read his new piece. for the washington examiner. and his latest book is entitled clarity in crisis; leadership lessons from the cia . still ahead, the ongoing battle over vaccine mandates. what s next for teachers in america s largest school system after a vaccine mandate originally set to go into effect today was temporarily blocked? morning joe is coming right back. back
including sudden vertigo, nausea and debilitating headaches. since the incidents began in 2016 in cuba, investigators have struggled to figure out what or who is causing this. there are also cases involving russia, china, and even u.s. soil not far from the white house. joining me is former cia senior intelligence officer. in december of 2017, he suffered a mysterious attack while on assignment in moscow. he s also the author of a new book called clarity in crisis. you called your bout with what you believe to be havana syndrome the most terrifying experience in your life. what were the symptoms like? what did it feel like? sure, so i made a trip to moscow in december of 2017 and i woke up in the middle of the night early in the trip, and i had an incredible case of vertigo, i had tinnitus, ringing in my ears, a brutal headache, and as i thought about it, quite some time, i spent years in