On the recordMarch 21, 2017
Willingness to target critical infrastructure systems and conduct espionage operations even when detected.
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Clapper highlighted Russia's aggressive cyber operations against critical infrastructure.
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Well, no, it doesn't. And the fact that none of this makes sense, but most acutely, I think, nuclear-related information.
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.
The frequency with which they are occurring, tells me that they're kind of in - they realize they're kind of in a jam.
I think the reason they were taken off the list was to provide an inducement or motivation for them to agree to some sort of ceasefire.