James Clapper: “I think the Russian objective here was, one, to explore, we can -- in order to see if there was interest in having such…”

I think it has more to do with the psychology of Putin, and Russia. And he needs to assure his own people, Parliamentarians, he was talking to, and for that matter, himself, that Russia is still a great power.

Well, Anderson, that's exactly right. And this is what this whole issue boils down to, is will to fight.

The frequency with which they are occurring, tells me that they're kind of in - they realize they're kind of in a jam.

Well, no, it doesn't. And the fact that none of this makes sense, but most acutely, I think, nuclear-related information.