What Are Spies Around The World Learning From Donald Trump's Tweets? | The 11th Hour

BROADCAST. AS WE MENTIONED ANOTHER BUSY DAY
FOR THE PRESIDENT ON TWITTER, BUT AMERICANS AREN'T THE ONLY
ONES WATCHING WHAT HE SAYS IN THAT MEDIUM.
THIS "WASHINGTON POST" PIECE COMES FROM A FORMER CIA VETERAN.
QUOTE, THIS IS WHAT FOREIGN SPIES SEE WHEN THEY REED
PRESIDENT TRUMP'S TWEETS. IT GOES ON, TRUMP'S TWITTER FEED
IS A GOLD MINE FOR EVERY FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE AGENCY.
THE PRESIDENT'S UNFILTERED THOUGHTS ARE AVAILABLE NIGHT AND
DAY BROADCAST TO HIS 32.7 MILLION TWITTER FOLLOWERS
IMMEDIATELY AND WITHOUT MUCH OBVIOUS MEDIATION BY DIPLOMATS,
STRATEGISTS OR HANDLERS. THE AUTHOR OF THIS PIECE IS
FORMER CIA NADA BAKOS. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING WITH
US. I GUESS THE FIRST QUESTION FOR
THOSE WHO HAVE YET TO READ YOUR PIECE, WHAT ARE WE AMERICANS NOT
SEEING THAT COULD BE DAMAGING OR REVEALING, AND WHAT ARE PEOPLE
IN YOUR LINE OF WORK READING THOSE TWEETS LOOKING FOR?
>> MORE THAN INITIATION AN INTELLIGENCE ANALYST LOOKS FOR
INFORMATION ON WORLD LEADERS THAT ADDS TO THE INFORMATION
THAT THEY WERE COLLECTING THROUGH CLASSIFIED MEANS.
WHAT IS SO DIFFERENT ABOUT TRUMP'S TWEETS AND THE ADVANTAGE
IT GIVES TO FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE AGENCIES IS HE'S DOING THIS IN
AN UNFILTERED WAY AND OPENLY IN THE PUBLIC FORUM.
INTELLIGENCE AGENCIES COLLECT INFORMATION AND DO IT O CO.
VERTLY AND SOMETIMES RISKING THEIR LIVES TO COLLECT THAT
INFORMATION. THIS OFFERS AN ININCITING INTO
TRUMP HIMSELF AS THE PERSON, WHICH IS VERY UNUSUAL AS FAR AS
WORLD LEADER. >> SO YOUR PROBLEM NOT THAT HE'S
TWEETING ABOUT BEING IN FLORIDA OR NEW JERSEY OR AT THE WHITE
HOUSE. MOST DAYS HE'S BEEN RELITIGATING
THE RUSSIA CASE. HE HAS GONE AFTER HIS PEREZ
ASSESS OR IN OFFICE. WHAT ARE EXAMPLES OF WHAT HE'S
SAYING IS SAVING OUR OPPONENTS AND ENEMIES WORK?
>> IT EXPOSEs HIS PRIORITIES AND TELLS US WHAT NEWS PROGRAMS HE'S
WATCHING AND WHAT HE'S READING. WHAT'S TOP OF MIND AT ANY GIVEN
HOUR OF IN ADDITION, IT TELLS US WHAT HIS VULNERABILITIES ARE
WHEN HE'S CONCERNED ABOUT A RUSSIAN INVESTIGATION, THAT
GIVES HIM A SENSE OF WHAT COULD THEY USE TO INFLUENCE THE
PRESIDENT, CAUSE DISRUPTION, AND POSSIBLY WIN FAVOR WITH HIM?
HIS DELETED TWEETS ALSO GIVE A LITTLE BIT OF INSIGHT INTO HOW
INFILTERED HIS TWEETS ARE. THAT ALSO GIVES AN AN ANALYST S
INSIGHT. >> IF I ASSIGNED YOU TO PUT A
BINDER ON MY TABLE TOMORROW MORNING WITH A PERSONALITY
PROFILE, SOME OF THE INFORMATION, SOME OF WHERE YOU
WOULD START, YOU'VE ALREADY GAINED THROUGH PUBLIC DOMAIN
DOING WHAT WE ALL DO, READING WHAT HE SAYS ON TWITTER EVERY
MORNING? >> YES, ABSOLUTELY.
HIS LAG OF TIMING OF TWEETS, FOR INSTANCE, ALSO GIVES INSIGHT
INTO WHAT IS IT HE'S DISTRACTED BIRKS WHAT IS IT HE'S FINDING A
PRIORITY. IF THERE'S A U.S. MILITARY
ACTION, IS HE TWEETING ABOUT IT RIGHT AWAY, HOW LONG IN BETWEEN
AN ACTION DOES IT TAKE FOR HIM TO DO THAT.
AND THEN COMPARING THAT TO THE OFFICIAL POTUS ACCOUNT IS
INSIGHTFUL BECAUSE THOSE SEEM TO BE THE MORE FORMAL

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