Politics of Putin: Why he's attacking NATO, the EU and America's free and fair elections

Robert Dannenberg, who served in the CIA for 24 years, discusses Putin's history and worldview, how he views NATO and the United States, and why Russia launched interference campaigns against US elections.

This episode references

"Alexei Navalny: Russia opposition leader poisoned with Novichok - Germany" BBC, September 2, 2020

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-54002880

"Trolls, tracking and films: How Putin's Russia obsessively hounded opposition leader Navalny" Washington Post, August 29, 2020

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/europe/navalny-russia-poison-kremlin/2020/08/28/03ad9c58-e6d2-11ea-bf44-0d31c85838a5_story.html

Senate Select Committee on Intelligence Report on Russian Active Measures Campaigns and Interference in the 2016 U.S. Election, Volumes 1-5

https://www.intelligence.senate.gov/publications/report-select-committee-intelligence-united-states-senate-russian-active-measures

Statement by NCSC Director William Evanina: Election Threat Update for the American Public, August 7, 2020

https://www.dni.gov/index.php/newsroom/press-releases/item/2139-statement-by-ncsc-director-william-evanina-election-threat-update-for-the-american-public

Robert Dannenberg is a former CIA officer who served as Chief of Operations for the Counter Terrorism Center, Chief of the Central Eurasia Division and Chief of the CIA’s Information Operations Center.

https://www.susandavis.com/robert-dannenberg/