James Clapper: “Russia is assuming a more assertive cyber posture based on its willingness to target critical infrastructure systems.”

I think the Russians, Putin, I say Russians, Putin is committed to conquering, if he can, which I think will be impossible, all of Ukraine.

I think it's very probable he'll use chemical weapons at some point.

I think this reflects Russian insecurity. And it's almost like, Putin needs a rhetorical security blanket, of making threats, like this.

it's a question of time. It's not if, it's when we have some sort of confrontation that we're going to have to respond to, the NATO will have to respond to.