James Clapper: “I think what people have a tendency to forget is the tremendous threat that Russia poses to us.”

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

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

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 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.